My friend (CI) sent me a text a few days ago telling me she was encouraged by what scripture was saying and though t of me. So then I went and read it. It was from the beginning of the 6th verse of the 68th Psalm … God sets the lonely in families… I read that verse and read it again. JM (red) was here and I read it to her… She listened to it and what she said was so great… E you know that family is not just a husband. That’s not what I was getting at, but I think it was something I needed to hear. So true that is. As I look at the people that God has put around A and I these past two years and few months… I am amazed at the family that He has made for us… LM and GM in Chicago… AB and TB here… Now JI and CI have become such a big part of us… I remember when GM would joke about taking a bat out and beat whoever would bother us. The men and women that the Lord has given us has been awesome… and I go back to the verse and am so grateful. God sets the lonely in families… This verse comes right after … A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling. God has been defending us… He himself and also through the various brothers that have come along side us and been the man for us in whatever situation. (Thanks GM, RB, AB, CG, CB, JI… You guys are great!!! – We love you!!!)
Thank you Lord for being sufficient in our life. More of you, less of me…
I have been doing lots of thinking of God lately… not that it’s new, but through the various experiences I have had, I sometimes find myself in a panicky situation. For example, when I see a Volkswagen Bug… I sometimes start crying… because A and I always play the Slug Bug game in the car… So when I’m by myself in the car and I see one, I sometimes panic and think… what if something ever were to happen to A… I would be a wreck every time I see that car. Or when I was on the plane to Hong Kong… for a little bit in the plane, I was a bit panicky about whether we would actually make it to Hong Kong. So… God spoke to me about this… nothing too fancy, but just reminded me in His ever so small, still, calm voice… “I’ve got it under control”. That did it for me. It was such a great thing to hear my King, my God, my Father, my Husband, my Friend say that to me. What an awesome God.
I’m making plans to go back to the states. Plan is to leave mid-October and come back mid-January. We will get to spend Trunk or Treat, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, and A will be a flower girl at SB’s wedding. Lots to do before then, need to get A’s passport renewed, get our visas processed, buy tickets, pack up our bags and all that jazz. Please pray for all those things that need to be done here, but also for all the things that need to be done while we are there to go smoothly.
