Be Brave Even If...

In regards to learning of the situation concerning our nieces and nephews living with us in October 2022, Ms. Mooney said to me our first year at Faith Center, "Maybe you were created for such a time as this."

I finished an in depth study on the book of Esther a week ago. It was difficult to get through. Every answer I recorded looped back into the angst, the unknown, and the pain in every step we took for these kids. I chided myself as a mother, a friend, a wife, and a Christian. I fought harder than ever before, and was continuously falling short. The reminder that nothing I did would be enough to bring these kids home if it weren't God's will, hurt. That "what if" hurt. But God called me to be brave in spite of the knowledge that this may not turn out the way we wanted/hoped/planned. Or the way things appeared, for that matter.

God called Esther to be brave for her people in spite of the odds, and the reality of facing death. She answered that call. Be brave, EVEN IF...

The refiner's fire....it hurts. It's been nigh unbearable as of late. But it must be endured for the sake of the call. We don't have to like it. We don't have to understand it. But we must accept it with grace, and in hope.

🎵We'll understand it🎵All by and by🎵