recovering

my heart has gone through many emotions in the last month and it can be said without a doubt that i am in a season of learning. it began with the bible study that started about six weeks ago. Keeping the Secrets of Jesus has been more than enlightening. i am just beginning to understand that there are certain practices/disciplines that will continually bring me to the feet of Jesus. And you can imagine that spending time at the feet of Jesus will, for anyone, magnify areas of sin. God has been helping me work through some junk in my life that has gone easily unnoticed.

A few weeks after this began, we stood alongside some friends and family as they each weathered the storms of heart surgery. i've never grieved with anyone before in quite this way. usually when trying to support someone in a difficult time... you pray for them, your heart hurts for them, you try to understand what it must be like, etc. However, for us, this was sooo different. For the first time ever, i linked arms with someone in great distress and did not have to wonder how they were feeling. For my friend, Jodie, my brother's family, and our family "felt the sentence of death," but in that grief we could all recognize that "this happened that we might not rely on ourselves, but on God, who raises the dead!" -2 cor 1;9 i'm grateful for the lessons learned when we endured this with caleb, but who knew that we were just beginning... we've lived through two more!

enjoy psalm 34 with us today! i encourage you to read the whole thing!
"glorify the Lord with me; let us exalt his name together!"