There is a song by Matt Redman entitled Blessed Be Your Name. It talks about no matter what life's circumstances are God is good and He is Blessed. It is a song that I have always liked on the radio and sang hundreds of times at church. I never spent a whole lot of time thinking about it - I just sang it over and over. There is a verse that says: You give and take away, You give and take away, My heart will choose to say, Lord, blessed be Your name. Two years ago today, this verse came to life for me. It totally describes my Mom. You see 32 years ago today God gave my Mom the gift of life (Me) and 2 years ago today, God called home another life (my sister), and still today my Mom would tell you Blessed be the name of the Lord.
I wish I could tell you without a doubt if God chose to take one of my children any day (much less on the birthday of one of them) that I could write Blessed Be Your Name. The truth of the matter is that God is Awesome despite the circumstance. It's just easier to say that during the good and blame during the bad. I know He knows the bigger picture - that's just hard for my finite mind to understand. So, in following my Mom's example, I will say Blessed Be Your Name!
Stef - I miss you and I love you. I wish I could tell you one more time. I wish my phone would again ring at 2am because you were bored and couldn't sleep; I wish one more time you would beg me for Madison to come over; I wish you could see Jayden and what a joy he has brought to our lives. I know where you are and that I shouldn't wish you back but some days I honestly do!
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Happy Birthday friend. I was thinking of you yesterday when I thought it was Oct. 15 and was going to email you, but surprise...today is October 15th. I hope you have a wonderful day. That was a sweet note you wrote to Stefanie. I can't imagine losing Sarah and how heartbreaking that would be, but your mom is right...no matter what, blessed be the name of the Lord.
Happy Belated Birthday! That post brought tears to my eyes. You're so right about how it's much easier to say that God is good during positive times. While I hope I never have to deal with a tragic loss, I hope that I'll have the strength to believe it during those times too.
Hey Heather! I DO remember you and hear about you from Adele sometimes:). Your kids are so pretty!
As for the plates, if you click on the pics they'll get bigger so you can see the details. I'm not sure what else I can tell you because it's hard to describe on the computer:) I just used their hands and feet for as much as I could:)
you are sweet! no...i don't take pictures professionally but I LOVE to take them! i would LOVE to take some of your kiddos too:)! maybe we should set up a shoot! by the way...my computer would NOT connect back to facebook the other night. I just wanted you to know that I didn't ignore you...it was driving me crazy! you have been SO encouraging to me Heather...thank you!
I'm a bit late seeing this... I just recently came across your blog. I can't imagine losing a sister so young.
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