This morning I am waking up feeling like "bigger diagnosis, bigger healing". Just a much larger venue in which to demonstrate God's power. Kind of like Elijah pouring water all over the alter and sacrifice prior to calling on God to light it in the face of the Baal prophets who were miserably screaming and cutting themselves.
I also woke up to an email from a dear friend with this verse inside...
II Corinthian 12:9-10 My grace is sufficient for thee; for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake; for when I am weak, then am I strong.
and boy, that couldn't be any more true for me right now! Praise the Lord for the beautiful flowers on my counter, flax seed muffins for breakfast (these are the best ones yet, Halley!) and another day to experience the Lord's grace making me strong when I am feeling so weak. What a fabulous reminder to me that attempting strength on my own can only get me so far... only when I truly realize that God desires for me to lean fully on Him can I experience the real power that He offers. It doesn't make me "happy" to be in this place, but I wouldn't trade the lessons that I'm learning for anything. I know that I can speak for Darin too, as we have both experienced more growth in the past 7 weeks than ever before in our lives.
Ok, so I just spent 20 minutes "catching up" since I last read The Blog. It has been a couple of days since I've checked it. Shame on me. First off, let me say that I meant I LIKED the outfits at Hartwood. I wasn't trying to be sarcastic(imagine that!). It's so difficult to "read" tone of voice. I do need to be more careful. I defnitely think you should plaster pictures of your family all over your house. Blow them up BIG ~ those children are too precious to be in a bunch of 4x6 frames sitting on your coffee table! The kids would get a kick out of seeing a LIFE SIZE poster of themselves in the living room, wouldn't they??? Keep up that positive attitude ~ thanking Him for the little things (seriously, though....flax seed muffins? Maybe flax seed & m+m muffins....good thing I'm not your next-door neighbor ~ you'd call and say, "Come on over, I just made flax seed muffins" and I'd show up with a bakery bag of cream horns and 2 chocolate milks),and leaning on Him when you're feeling weak. This blog has got to be uplifting for you ~ reading everyone's responses, knowing all of these people are praying for you. Thank you for doing it and keeping us all up to date. I love you TONS and am praying for you all....Love, Coz
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