Another December 7
December 7 marks ten years since Micah relapsed.
10 years.
It’s something that I can’t quite comprehend. It feels like that story belongs to someone else, but yet I can go back in a moment and can feel that grief and the crushing weight on my heart. At that time, I couldn't bear to imagine what the next year would hold with the birth of Grace and the death of Micah. Now we are 10 years down the road and in His providence we only experienced the birth of new life and we thank Him for it. Our gratitude runs deep for the tenderness shown towards us.
I just started a book by Nancy De Moss Wolgemoth and her husband - You Can Trust God to Write Your Story. This is what they wrote about providence.
“God’s providence is often better seen in retrospect. There’s something about the clarity of looking into the rearview mirror. Looking back often give us a more accurate picture of where we’ve been and what it means. That’s not to say that every look back will show us all there is to see - at least not in this life. We have to have eyes to see, and that may take time and prayer. But if we continue to ponder where we’ve been and look with the eyes of faith, the view in the rearview mirror will often snap into focus and we’ll get a clearer vision of how God has been working in our lives.
The view out of the front windshield is a different story. We may think we know where we are headed only to discover again and again that we had no earthly idea. What actually takes place may not at all be what we had envisioned or anticipated.
What we see looking ahead in our story - our circumstances seen from our infinite limited perspective. What appears when we look back is God’s story- what He sees and knows and has in mind, how He is always at work for our good and His glory.”
Looking back, I see His story and I praise Him for it.
10 years.
It’s something that I can’t quite comprehend. It feels like that story belongs to someone else, but yet I can go back in a moment and can feel that grief and the crushing weight on my heart. At that time, I couldn't bear to imagine what the next year would hold with the birth of Grace and the death of Micah. Now we are 10 years down the road and in His providence we only experienced the birth of new life and we thank Him for it. Our gratitude runs deep for the tenderness shown towards us.
I just started a book by Nancy De Moss Wolgemoth and her husband - You Can Trust God to Write Your Story. This is what they wrote about providence.
“God’s providence is often better seen in retrospect. There’s something about the clarity of looking into the rearview mirror. Looking back often give us a more accurate picture of where we’ve been and what it means. That’s not to say that every look back will show us all there is to see - at least not in this life. We have to have eyes to see, and that may take time and prayer. But if we continue to ponder where we’ve been and look with the eyes of faith, the view in the rearview mirror will often snap into focus and we’ll get a clearer vision of how God has been working in our lives.
The view out of the front windshield is a different story. We may think we know where we are headed only to discover again and again that we had no earthly idea. What actually takes place may not at all be what we had envisioned or anticipated.
What we see looking ahead in our story - our circumstances seen from our infinite limited perspective. What appears when we look back is God’s story- what He sees and knows and has in mind, how He is always at work for our good and His glory.”
Looking back, I see His story and I praise Him for it.
Psalm 103 English Standard Version (ESV)
Bless the Lord, O My Soul
Of David.
103 Bless the Lord, O my soul,
and all that is within me,
bless his holy name!
2 Bless the Lord, O my soul,
and forget not all his benefits,
3 who forgives all your iniquity,
who heals all your diseases,
4 who redeems your life from the pit,
who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,
5 who satisfies you with good
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.
and all that is within me,
bless his holy name!
2 Bless the Lord, O my soul,
and forget not all his benefits,
3 who forgives all your iniquity,
who heals all your diseases,
4 who redeems your life from the pit,
who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,
5 who satisfies you with good
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.
6 The Lord works righteousness
and justice for all who are oppressed.
7 He made known his ways to Moses,
his acts to the people of Israel.
8 The Lord is merciful and gracious,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
9 He will not always chide,
nor will he keep his anger forever.
10 He does not deal with us according to our sins,
nor repay us according to our iniquities.
11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;
12 as far as the east is from the west,
so far does he remove our transgressions from us.
13 As a father shows compassion to his children,
so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him.
14 For he knows our frame;[a]
he remembers that we are dust.
and justice for all who are oppressed.
7 He made known his ways to Moses,
his acts to the people of Israel.
8 The Lord is merciful and gracious,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
9 He will not always chide,
nor will he keep his anger forever.
10 He does not deal with us according to our sins,
nor repay us according to our iniquities.
11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;
12 as far as the east is from the west,
so far does he remove our transgressions from us.
13 As a father shows compassion to his children,
so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him.
14 For he knows our frame;[a]
he remembers that we are dust.
15 As for man, his days are like grass;
he flourishes like a flower of the field;
16 for the wind passes over it, and it is gone,
and its place knows it no more.
17 But the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him,
and his righteousness to children's children,
18 to those who keep his covenant
and remember to do his commandments.
19 The Lord has established his throne in the heavens,
and his kingdom rules over all.
he flourishes like a flower of the field;
16 for the wind passes over it, and it is gone,
and its place knows it no more.
17 But the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him,
and his righteousness to children's children,
18 to those who keep his covenant
and remember to do his commandments.
19 The Lord has established his throne in the heavens,
and his kingdom rules over all.
20 Bless the Lord, O you his angels,
you mighty ones who do his word,
obeying the voice of his word!
21 Bless the Lord, all his hosts,
his ministers, who do his will!
22 Bless the Lord, all his works,
in all places of his dominion.
Bless the Lord, O my soul!
you mighty ones who do his word,
obeying the voice of his word!
21 Bless the Lord, all his hosts,
his ministers, who do his will!
22 Bless the Lord, all his works,
in all places of his dominion.
Bless the Lord, O my soul!
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