10 months already???

Cooper is 10 months old today!! I am feeling a bit sentimental as I think back over these last 10 months. What a journey we have been on! We have had some incredible highs and some crazy lows; more highs than lows thankfully! We have met some of the best people of the face of the earth! I know we would not have made it through without them.




I can't help but wonder what the journey is all about. I have a feeling that God brought us through this for a reason. I only hope our story can bless others and bring Glory to Him! At my Wednesday night bible study, Beth Moore's Daniel, 1 Peter 1:6-7 was presented. WOW!! What a great verse! Let me put it here for you:

6 So be truly glad. There is wonderful joy ahead, even though you have to endure many trials for a little while. 7 These trials will show that your faith is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold—though your faith is far more precious than mere gold. So when your faith remains strong through many trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world. (New Living Translation)

I was blown away by this verse! Kevin and I have been through the loss of our son, Grady, and 2 miscarriages before being blessed with Cooper. Our hearts have been broken in pieces and put back together. I am convinced that this pain was not for nothing! God has a plan!! I think that we have enough distance from our fire or trial, that we can truly appreciate this verse. Yes, we will have trouble, pain, and trials, BUT these trials will prove our faith is real and it will bring God's glory to the world! WOW!! Now that I am seeing parts of His plan, I would not change one second of my life. God is good! His timing is perfect! I am so incredibly blessed! I will sing His praises every day! Thank you Lord for all life's blessings!