Worth Sharing ...

Yes, I owe you all a Chicago trip post - let me just tell you, I now have an unhealthy love affair with that city ~ we had an ABSOLUTE blast.

However, when I returned home, Monday evening, I was met with something that would literally take my breath away, and NOT in a good way.

While I can't share on the blog - yet - I will though, because let me tell you, WE WILL BE A TESTIMONY. We have surrendered our uncontrollable circumstances to our Heavenly Father and we are RELYING and TRUSTING in Him to get us through. Period. We had church tonight and I did not praise Jesus any differently when we were celebrating all of the exciting things happening in our life. I would even venture to say I was more passionate in my worship, KNOWING I had to surrender, COMPLETELY - and yes, I cried like a baby, and I was singing on stage. GAH! BUT whatever ....

Anyway, one of my sweet friends sent me this email, not even KNOWING what had happened. I thought it was totally worth sharing because YOU might be going through something too and needing to hear this, so here goes:

When Your Hut's On Fire

The only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small, uninhabited island.
He prayed feverishly for God to rescue him.
Every day he scanned the horizon for help, but none seemed forthcoming.
Exhausted, he eventually managed to build a little hut out of driftwood to protect himself from the elements, and to store his few possessions.
One day, after scavenging for food, he arrived home to find his little hut in flames, with smoke rolling up to the sky.

He felt the worst had happened, and everything was lost.
He was stunned with disbelief, grief, and anger.
He cried out, 'God! How could you do this to me?'

Early the next day, he was awakened by the sound of a ship approaching the island!
It had come to rescue him!
'How did you know I was here?' asked the weary man of his rescuers.
'We saw your smoke signal,' they replied.

The Moral of This Story: It's easy to get discouraged when things are going bad, but we shouldn't lose heart, because God is at work in our lives, even in the midst of our pain and suffering.

Remember that the next time your little hut seems to be burning to the ground.
It just may be a smoke signal that summons the Grace of God.

So if you are going thru a difficult time, trust. Surrender. We don't know why God allowed this to happen, but we are seeing it as an opportunity to trust in Him deeper than we already do. One of our friends told us tonight, "It takes a mess to get a miracle" ... AMEN!