Spring is coming

If you're like me you have about had it with old man winter.  I live in the south so it's not even fair for me to say this  like some of you northerners can.  You have it so much harder in those dark, cold winter months. But I AM saying it. This year has been really difficult for me.  Tom has been struggling with FSGS and it has taken it's toll on my emotions.  I do trust that God is in control and that nothing has escaped His knowledge.  But for those times that the medicine has to be adjusted again. And the leg cramps make Tom scream out in pain many times a night. When his blood pressure is either too high or too low and I fear what the outcome will be. When his rapid weight gain or loss has him hurting from the extreme of it,  I need spring. I need resolution.  I need good news.  I need to know that Spring is in the air.  That sunshine and warm days are on the horizon.

I was recently reminded that this indeed is true, Spring is coming.  In the aftermath of many days under freezing temperatures and ice and a little snow, that there is hope.  I stepped in my backyard and low and behold I saw life springing forth.  I don't know when or how but it definitely is happening right in the middle of the winter yuck. The Lenten Rose is a beautiful reminder that Spring is right around the corner.  This gives me hope for what Tom and I are facing right now.  It will not always feel so dark and cold.  This is only a season and God has not forgotten us.  He has not forgotten you either.  There is good and bad in everyone's life.  Sometimes right on top of each other.  Tom's been sick and he's been fighting this with the help of some very good doctors.  But smack dab in the middle of this trial we are going to hold a new grandson in our arms very soon. What a blessing that will be.

  We have also been waiting a very long time for an adopted granddaughter to be a part of our family.  It seems like everything that could possibly go wrong and hold up the process has happened, but we believe that we will hold her this year.  

I know of a lot of people that are facing similar things, good and bad. Bam bam bam... it's life.  But God is always good.  He draws us to himself through our trials.  He speaks softly in our pain and says "I'm here with you.  I want you to see the beautiful things that are here just around the corner.  Trust me. "  Spring is coming.

                         Weeping may last through the night, but Joy comes in the morning  Psalm 30:5b