WOW! What a wild night… For anyone who may com…

WOW! What a wild night…

For anyone who may come across this blog, please stop and say a special prayer for my wife.

Last night around 11:30, my 33 week pregnant wife informed me that we need to make an emergency call to the OBGYN. Turns out, she has been in pre-term labor for a little over two days without even realizing it. Needless to say, we were up all night at the Birthing Center wondering if our baby was coming early, what was going to be wrong with him, how long he would stay in the hospital, how my wife would do during delivery…. And to top is off, her platelets have been low for the past couple weeks, so there is always the slim chance she could start bleeding and not stop…

So, prayer requests are: 1. That God heals her body TODAY! 2. That the baby is healthy. 3. That the baby stays in her for at least 4 more weeks. 4. That my wife does not lose her mind now being on bed-rest. 5. That I know how to support her in a Godly fashion, as selflessly as possible.

Now, for some odd reason, though I have been awake since 11:30 last night, my eyes are wired open. Sleep is not on my mind, AND I WANT IT TO BE!!

We are human and we just need another reminder that God is close and He won’t let anything happen…But if by some off chance something does happen, that our FULL and COMPLETE trust will be in Him and His plans for us…

Mike Cope has a great blog this morning from Rubel…

Mike Cope has a great blog this morning from Rubel Schelly. Funny how things hit close to home when they really need to…

Some very good friends of ours are caught in the vices of a terrible trap laid by satan. I’m not sure why he decides to go after families, but he’ll get what’s coming to him. We’ve got God on our side and He is playing for their team too, so I’m not worried.

However, for some reason, one of the parties involved has come to believe that perception is reality. Truth has been impossible to tell the other. One acts because the other “made me.”

What has happened to taking responsiblity? What has happened to honesty? Where in the world did we get the idea that our main purpose in life is to protect numero uno? That is certainly not a Biblical view of life. The word selfless seems to pop in my head more and more…

Did Christ die for us to live as we please? Did God make such a sacrifice for us to toss it back in His face? Who do we think we are?

Have you ever had the feeling of, "why me?" Not i…

Have you ever had the feeling of, “why me?” Not in the bad sense, such as, why do I have to be sick all the time, or why can’t we get by each month… But, the feeling of, why me? There are so many other people who could use these blessing more than me.

Honestly, for the past couple of weeks, that is how I have felt. My wife has had a few complications in her pregnancy causing us to be either at the doctor’s office or the hospital almost every day of the week. As you can imagine, the medical bills pile up and we really weren’t sure what to do. So, we felt like it was appropriate to come before our church family and ask for prayers and any financial help they could offer. Needless to say, the past few weeks have blown us away. God has blown us away. Before we even know we have a need, it’s taken care of. Before we even know we need some money, someone hands us a check to cover the weeks expenses. We have been given so much more than was ever in our wildest dreams. God is awesome! There is no other way to describe it. He knows us more than we even think we know ourselves.

So, can you see why I would be thinking, “why me?” I pray with everything in me that during this time, my wife and I will be able to use these blessings wisely so that in the future when someone else comes forward struggling financially or otherwise, we won’t have to say, “oh, I really wish we had the money to help them out” anymore. We will be able to do it because God has blessed us so richly, why wouldn’t we use what he has given us anyway for His glory?

Our God is good. He has found another way to humble me and I am so thankful. God cares for us. His church cares for us. And isn’t this just a small piece of what Christ’s body in this world is all about?