Some things happen in your life and you have prayed against. You have worried about it. You have hoped nothing like that would ever happen to you. There have been a few times like that in my life. One year ago we got a call that knocked us to our knees. "JeeHan was in an accident in Korea" that's all I kept hearing. He was burned and being cared for in a burn hospital. A terrible accident. Our baby was 15,000 miles away hurting.
Why did it happen? I had honestly prayed that day (before the call) that God would protect him from everything, keep him safe while we were so far away from him.
Those few weeks were hard, really hard. He was in the hospital for nearly three weeks. We got updates rarely and hardly ever as specific as I wanted. We were thoroughly out of control of the situation. I hate that feeling.
You know what I learned? God is good. God is Sovereign. God is still in control. There are no hands like the strong hands of the Lord.
Honestly, I have been given a glimpse of why all that happened . (The sweet nurses that loved on him, me learning a great deal about God,getting him home a bit quicker, and his sweet time of bonding with his foster mother). A lot of times we don't even get that. I still don't fully understand it all. But, ya know what? That's not our job. Our job isn't to "figure it all out" or get answers to everything.
Would I want it to happen again? No way, never. Have I learned from it? Absolutely. Do I want to remind God (even as I type this) that I don't need to learn a lesson like this again? Yep.
This verse provided such security to me....maybe it can help you sometime.
Deut. 33:12 "Let the beloved of the Lord rest securely in Him, for He shields them all day long, and the one the Lord loves rests between His shoulders."
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What a horrible experience. We were so worried for your family during that time. I hope you never have another time like that.
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