Wednesday, November 15, 2006
His plans are Greater
Well, it's been about a month now since we lost Samuel. This has just been a crazy past 6 months! We weren't planning on getting pregnant, then we did so we changed all our plans to prepare for this child... Well, now that we've lost him, we have to make another 180 back to our original lines of thinking. That is Seth going back to school for his masters, me getting a job, etc... Life can be crazy, but one thing we have learned through this all is to make plans, but not to count on them. To rest in the fact that the Lord has a plan for our lives and He is working it out through every trial we face. Seth and I were talking and thinking about what ifs. What if I had never gone through this pregnancy? However, we both agreed we wouldn't have changed a thing, because if we hadn't gone through this, we wouldn't have had the privilage of putting a child into heaven. The Lord has also now equipped us to comfort others who go through a similar experience. I chose this new blog title because we truly want this to be true in our lives - Not our will but our Lord's be done in our lives...
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great thoughts marcie!
You and Seth have ministered to so many, you will probably never even know! You both are a great encouragement of the Lord's power and grace, a very real example of accepting His *perfect* will for your lives.
We love you! See you in a couple days.
We love your new title and look! Thank you so much for letting all the rest of us watch how you've gone through this trial...your faith in the Lord has truly touched so many lives, even though you probably don't know it. I'm sure you still have hard days, but you're still choosing to trust the Lord's will and that's what is visible to others. We need that example!
Marcie,
It is awesome to read your comments and know you are trusting in our Lord's perfect will for your life.
Sometimes in the midst of a trial it can be difficult to hold fast to the truth that the Lord has a perfect plan for our lives. Persist and hold fast.
I have a little girl who is cognitively impaired. I had several years of pain and heartbreak that I kept to myself because I felt there was no one who understood that pain. And in fact--my husband aside--there is no one in our immediate circle who knows that same pain. BUT there are many who would, who have, come along side and supported us through it. I pray the same for you and that you will be shaped by God to do the same for others in turn.
Truly our lives are not about our wills but His. He is being glorified in your faithfulness!
glad to see this new blog and the wonderful thought and prayer put into it. we prayed for you and seth and will continue to do so as i know the pain still comes in waves.
LOVE the wedding picture. it was so fun to hang out with you a couple of weeks ago.
Marcie, thank you for sharing your thoughts about how the Lord is working in your lives, even through pain. Tears are in my eyes. No matter what, God is in control, He is good, and He is faithful. Thank you so much for the reminder of those truths!
We've been praying for you and Seth.
P.S. I didn't know you were a sonographer! Our daughter Emily goes for a cardiac sonogram every year or so to monitor her (slight) pulminary stenosis. Wish we could come to you to do it! :)
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