"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. "
Jeremiah 29:11
Happy Birthday, sweet Isaac!
Somewhere in Guatemala, Isaac turned 2 years old today! We trust that the Lord is keeping him safe, as we continue to pray for him as a family. It would mean so much today if you all would take a minute to lift him up in prayer as well!!
When I think back over the 8 months that we called Isaac "ours"...I am reminded that our most important task as parents is to entrust our children into the Lord's hands....to remember that they are HIS first and foremost. I will be honest in saying that at times my heart aches for our "loss"...and I try to make sense of it all....but the reality is, I serve a sovereign God who makes NO mistakes...Isaac was (and continues to be) a beautiful part of the Master's plan for the Timmons family.
One of the songs that will always, always, always remind me of our adoption journey is "Blessed Be Your Name"...
Blessed be your name
In the land that is plentiful
Where the streams of abundance flow
Blessed be your name
Blessed be your name
When I'm found in the desert place
Though I walk through the wilderness
Blessed be your name
Every blessing you pour out,
I turn back to praise
When the darkness closes in, Lord
Still I will say...
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be your name
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be your glorious name
Blessed be your name
When the sun's shining down on me
When the world's all as it should be
Blessed be your name
Blessed be your name
On the road marked with suffering
Though there's pain in the offering
Blessed be your name
Every blessing you pour out,
I turn back to praise
When the darkness closes in, Lord
Still I will say...
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be your name
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be your glorious name
You give and take away
You give and take away
My heart will choose to say
Lord, Blessed be your name
5 comments:
Sweet Issac, I know that God continues to watch over him. We have discussed before- you were connected to him for a reason, as we were to our Gladys Rosalina. The calling we have to be their prayer parents is important and an honor. Not to say that my heart doesn't aches for the life and daughter that "could have been". But I trust in the way that God uses all for His good. I know that he used your experience to minister to me in my times of grief, and I am so thankful for you being open, even in the midst of your greif, to minister to me.
Much love and prayers-
Stephanie
Oh, Michelle. I thought of Isaac so many times today, too. I wish you'd posted a picture so that I could see that sweet face here today! Such a cute, smiling boy! :)
I love that song, too- and it has been my song to sing in times of grief and difficulties, too: "STILL I will say...Blessed be Your Name"!
:)
Loving you,
~Stacy
oh hunny, I missed this post yesterday but am praying for sweet Isaac today as I prayed for our Jessica on Sept. 12. You, Stephanie and I-- we DO know the similar pain, yet honor, that comes with being a prayer parent,don't we? Feels like a miscarriage to me, yet in some ways worse in that these babies are not home in Heaven but still in this imperfect world somewhere, hopefully healthy and happy. Gosh-- that sounded depressing as I wrote it... yet I'm leaving it b/c it's how I feel and I can "be real" with you...
Hugs,
Sandy
I got big tears in my eyes reading your post! When I think of your Isaac I always think of the picture we took of him laying on the floor, his face between his arms, fast asleep. I pray that today he will know that sweet peace that only comes from our great God.
Sweet Isaac, my thoughts and prayers are with you today and everyday! May God shower is love upon you for all the days of your life and my God comfort the hearts of your prayer family! Thinking of you all!
Ali
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