I just found out that Melanie is expecting a baby...on the same day that a coworker informed me she lost her baby over the weekend. A blessed pregnancy and an unfortunate miscarriage, happening at the same time.
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Our friends, Matt & Liz just got engaged...and another friend has a family member who is separating from her husband. The excitement of marriage and the bitterness of divorce, coinciding.
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Our friends, Emma and Jonah, just had their third baby boy yesterday, when they were wishing for a girl...and another couple we know who have 3 girls are wishing for a boy. The joy of new life mixed with the slight disappointment of not getting what you were hoping for, all happening at once.
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Phil and I, whom are so easily blessed with children, are using Natural Family Planning to postpone Baby #5 for a while...and Sarah and Reed are trying so hard to have another one. Being fertile and not wanting it, and being infertile and not wanting it, all at the same time.
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Life seems so unfair at times, and we often ask ourselves why?
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Answer: It's for our ultimate salvation and eternal happiness.
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Because getting what you need and not what you want - that's the way God rolls.
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And we better roll alongside, or it's going to be a bumpy ride :)
Life.
ReplyDeleteGreat post in that it reminds us to be thankful for the moment and for what we have!
Thanks!
I think about this OFTEN. I might have to copy your idea and post about it sometime. Thanks for stopping by the blog and leaving comments, Colleen. I always enjoy seeing them pop up in my inbox. :) Seems every time I sit down to read blogs lately--something I very much enjoy--someone needs something, even during quiet time. Hope you have a great summer! Can't wait to hear all about it. You should seriously consider a road trip to NE. ;)
ReplyDeletethis was an AWESOME post colleen!!!
ReplyDeleteso often i try to fix that, do this.. make it happen..
then i tell myself to breathe! God IS IN CONTROL... he knows what he's doing!!!!!!!
What a moving post. We don't understand the whys and hows, but we do trust God that his timing is not our own.
ReplyDeleteBut I do ask Him for a baby for Sarah and Reed often...
Yes, that is exactly how He rolls. We just have to accept it and roll with it.
ReplyDeleteTake care, Suz
Yes, very moving post. Very true, as well.
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Great post Colleen . . . so true . . . I have often wonderded why we all get the crosses that we get, so different . . . and the answer . . . for our salvation . . . each of us has such a different road to holiness!
ReplyDeleteWow, what a great post. Really gives me something to think about. I thought these same thoughts around the time we lost our first baby at 5 weeks gestation. Here we were- happily married and open to life and the same week we lost our baby Gus, 3 girls from my hometown got pregnant- unwed and certainly not open to life. I was definitely confused about that for awhile.
ReplyDeleteGreat quote. I have been feeling this a lot lately and what you said really helped. Thank you!!! :)
ReplyDeleteThis is SO true. We had NO problem having a family, and actually ended up with more then we intended and yet I read daily about bloggers who are struggling to get pregnant and then carry to term - it seems so unfair sometimes. I just try to be grateful each day for what I've been given.
ReplyDeleteI love this post Colleen. I have often thought about the unfairness of some peoples struggles to concieve and the ease of others, of peoples losses and triumphs. But you said it. Gods timing is the best timing! Through suffering losses, he brought us the best gift ever, Darby!! No matter how hard the journy to Darby was, I wouldn't change that for the world!
ReplyDeleteHi Colleen! Thanks for stopping by my blog and leaving a comment. I really appreciated your thoughtfulness. After reading this post, it looks like are situations are definitely contrasting - in terms of having children. I said a prayer for you at adoration last night in regards to your desires. Thank you for your prayers! God Bless!
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