5 Weeks

5 weeks ago our lives changed forever. Our sweet Calvin was born into glory and we were ushered into a new life. A lot has happened in 5 weeks. Many different emotions have entered our hearts and many different thoughts have entered our minds. We’ve had good days and we’ve had bad days. We’ve had sadness and mourning, but also hope and faith in our sovereign God. Today was one of the rough days and still God was so faithful to us. He shows us His love in many ways and through many people. I bought Steven Curtis Chapman’s new cd recently. It made me cry the entire way home from the store. I’d like to share some of his lyrics which really resonate during this time.

I will proclaim it to the world

I will declare it to my heart

I will sing it when the sun is shining

I will scream it in the dark

You are faithful, You are faithful

When You give and when You take away

Even then still Your name is faithful

You are faithful

-From Steven Curtis Chapman’s ‘Faithful’

And, sometimes that’s how it is. We have to daily declare these truths of God to our hurting hearts. That God is faithful and that He is in control. We pray these things and hope in this truth. We know that we can only have this faith because of our hope in the work of Jesus Christ. God who became man and paid our penalty with his life and death. Praise our faithful God.