Good morning, good people. I cannot believe that we’re in the middle of August already. The winter seems more blue this year, and the dreaded August warm winds have an extra gusto.
The third term seems to have taken over our lives. Projects, assessments, quizzes and test. Spelling Bees and so much more, and that’s the just the school stuff. We complain, grumble, moan, and groan, but for so long, we longed for this very thing. “You don’t have to be perfect to be a good parent.”
I remember Lenny and I longing for the covering and labelling of school books, working on projects and preparing for debates and speeches. Careful what you wish for. Our journey was a long one, eighteen years before we met our baby. There were times of absolute despair and hopelessness. The days were so dark at times that there seemed to be no future for us, not the one we hoped for anyway. We tried to escape our reality the best way we knew how. We did however remain faithful to our commitment to Christ. There was always this pull to Him and for that we are forever grateful. Our family and church family helped us through those dark days.
We had to surrender to the will and purpose that was beyond ourselves. We were consumed with our need not understanding the will of God. It was God’s will that was fulfilled when our Ziva came into our lives. We had to leave behind the desire and thought of traditional family and accept God’s idea, His concept of family.
“He gives childless couples a family, gives them joy as the parents of children. Hallelujah!” Psalm 113:4-9 MSG
The words and clichés became hard to accept. We even hardened ourselves as a way of protecting our hearts. It didn’t make sense at all that we could not become pregnant but a young unmarried girl would. These questions and disappoints lingered. We couldn’t allow ourselves to stay at that place of despair. We had to lift ourselves up and by the grace of God and the prayer, love, and support of those around us, we moved forward slowly and steady accepting a new reality.
Disappointment must never derail us to the point that we abort the purpose of God for our lives. That would be an even worse outcome. May faith arise and the will of God be accomplished through our lives continually. Believe.
“being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.” Philippians 1:6
Love always…