A Choice to Make

     Upon returning home from the doctor's appointment that day in April, Rod and I knew that we had a CHOICE to make. It is the difficult choice that every human being is faced with when they are confronted with a circumstance that goes against the very thing they have planned and hoped for.

      It is the choice that Job is highlighted for making in Scripture. Every human being has been forced to make this choice at one point in their life......whether it be a circumstance with poor health, a broken relationship, the loss of a job, a financial hardship, the betrayal of a friend, the death of someone close to them.......

     The choice is this: In the midst of my dark and difficult circumstances do I "curse God and die" or do I choose to "proclaim the He is GOOD no matter what my circumstances and set my face and heart on seeking HIM, and Him alone?"

      Rod and I chose the second option....and I'm so glad that we did. We chose to call Our Father good and faithful. We chose to believe in His GOODNESS in the midst of not understanding the reasons behind our circumstance. We chose not to go down the path of cursing and accusing God, allowing our very heart and minds to become calloused and grow cold to the Very One who gave us life, to the Very One who gave our baby LIFE.

      This very choice to choose LIFE in our circumstance and continuing to seek the Lord's face opened the door for us to enter in to an amazing journey of seeing Our Father work in such powerful and loving ways. A journey that allowed us to see part of Heaven come to earth....to see how the Lord's kingdom truly can come now. A journey that caused us to contend for our baby's healing instead of allowing the diagnosis to be the final word. A journey that many standing on the outside did not understand. A journey that was so difficult at times but yet also full of so many blessings and testimonies.