Monday, October 20, 2008

A God Who Attends To Me

I just spent most of the last hour crying out in the stillness of my house. It is rare for me to have this quiet time in the morning but obviously God knew that I needed it this morning. There are just these days where I feel like nothing has changed, no good has come out of Brinley's loss. I question and fight, "Do I want this change? Do I want to be refined?" Thank you very much God, but NO!
I read voraciously the stories of people who have suffered great loss and come through it changed and somehow better than before. I guess that part of me just longs to skip over the hard parts and get to the part where I am somehow better than before.
Psalm 66:10-12
"For You, O God, have tested us;
You have refined us as silver is refined.
You brought us into the net.
You have caused men to ride over our heads;
We went through fire and through water;
But you brought us out to rich fullfillment."

There it was right in God's word for me this morning. He is testing me and I am promised that I will be refined and brought to rich fulfillment in the end. I will get there I guess it just feels so very far away and out of reach. Sometimes I feel like a part of me started this blog so that I could encourage others that they can get there. How naive I was because truly I just need that encouragement myself.

3 comments:

Danielle said...

I am praying for you! I just can't even begin to imagine how hard this is. How comforting to know that God is there for us and never leaves us. I don't know how those that don't know the Lord endure such tragedies. I am praying!
~Dani
godsprincess08.blogspot.com

Laughing Momma said...

Dearest,
I found you through Audrey Caroline's site and you have broken my mother's heart 100x since then. I can not even imagine your grief. I will not make comparisons. But I want you to know that I have prayed for you and your family and one thing keeps coming back to mind. You are surviving. You are putting one foot in front of the other, and somehow waking up each day. You honor Brinley here, in this place, and I know here by the words you share with us. Thank you for searching for the Lord during this time...his work in you is mighty.

April

Wolf Family said...

praying for you today...