It will be five years tomorrow that we lost David's dad to cancer. In one instance it seems like yesterday and then again it seems like so long ago! This was definately one of the hardest trials of our lives and our children's lives. To watch a family member wither away in pain and suffering is a very hard thing to go through. Our prayer for my precious father-in-law was for the Lord to heal him in what ever way the Lord saw fit...his will be done! That he did!! He got the ultimate healing of no more pain, no more sorrow, no more suffering, no more needles, no more medicine, just no more.... That may sound harsh and it is not meant to be. David's dad was a farmer....a cowboy! He spent his days on horeseback tending cows, fences, feeding, doing hay...you name it he was doing it from daylight until dark. When he got sick he couldn't do those things. He was never going to be able to do those things again and he was miserable. No one wants to see a family member go through this. With Christ in our lives and knowing that he was a Christian we had no worries about tomorrow. For when tomorrow came, we knew where he was. We knew he was healed. We knew that he was whole and complete again. Without Christ it does leave those worries about tomorrow. We do have family members that are unsaved and unwilling to accept Christ and all of his infinite grace and it is a very sad situation. I cannot imagine my life without being able to talk to my Father....my Heavenly Father! The one who created me and by his grace I am here today! By his grace I may not understand why things happen or why people die of cancer or why some are taken at such a young age to such a horrible disease. But, what I do know is that Christ has a plan. A plan that I do not see. A plan that I do not understand. But, it is God's plan and therefore I will rejoice! I miss David's dad and I know that my kids do also. Some days I am sad that he never got to see our Noah this side of Heaven...and what a time they would have had! We have so many memories and I am so thankful that I was part of his life for 10 years before he passed away. I praise God that he raised a son like David who has grown up to be such a wonderful man of God, a spectacular father, and an inspiration to me everyday. I got the best gift I could ever get from Larry...that was David!! Thank God we found each other...thank God we stuck through the rough times and built our foundation and family on Christ. Thank God we have a wonderful church family whom we can depend on! I am reading a book called
One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp "A Dare to live fully right where you are". It has been amazing about not understanding why but knowing that God's why is all the answer we need! He has a plan and we have to trust it!
Two years ago we were blessed with Elliott Elizabeth! This my niece! We were blessed to be able to turn May 11th from a day of losing a love to a day of gaining a love. She is a precious baby girl and I can see she and Noah are going to be great friends! So thankful for May 11th in so many ways! Heaven gained a wonderful Godly man and we gaine a beautiful baby girl to our family!
Happy Birthday Elliott!
Of course, May 12th is David's birthday and I am blessed to call him my husband and my best friend! God certainly has a plan for us and it may not always be smooth and the road may get bumpy...but we will enjoy the ride and be thankful for the time we have here on this earth...however long it may be!
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Ellie and Noah....doing their moves (Ellie 3 months, Noah =brand new)
Precious Girl!
Bless her with one brother and 4 boy cousins! |
