God is good all the time….
I woke up before the sun with all kinds of thoughts to share…
Once my alarm went off, the thoughts immediately alluded me…
I am not sure that is the proper use of allude…
The static and distractions of the world are grabbing my attention this morning….
My brain seems foggy….
My focus is not cooperating….
I have had to reread almost every paragraph this morning…
Reread every scripture….
Half way down the page and not remembering what the beginning of the page had to say to me….
Trying to not let my mind wonder in the middle of the message God is trying to teach me today…
I stop and pray for clarity….
For my mind to be still…
To receive His word as He intended….
For my thoughts to be His thoughts…
For my ways to be His ways….
Still struggling but pressing on with all diligence and intention….
Struggling to put these words together right now….
But I don’t stop running the race….
This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. Psalms 118:24
Regardless of what I wake up to…. He will prevail if I continue to seek Him… and not grow weary… and not grow faint… and don’t give up…
I praise God…
Pause for a moment….
Feel His presence….
Even if just for a moment….
I press forward….
I have decided to take the summer off from working and focus on the children and figuring out what our new normal is going to look like….
How are we going to do this as a family….
I don’t look at myself as a single dad…
I am a single bodied/multi-spirited dad….
Just one body, but between the Holy Spirit, my healed wife’s spirit, and my spirit… we will figure this out…
The enemy may try to block the communication link on days like today…
Between me and the Holy Spirit….
But the enemy loses….
I have read the back of the book…
It is a fixed fight…..
Not to mention the hundreds of people praying, helping, and coming along beside us….
I am not alone…
We are going to do everything my healed wife would want us to do this summer….
She is having the best time of her life…
She would want us to be doing the same…
We have been so well supported and so well blessed that we are able to have a summer full of just being a family in honor of my healed wife…
To start a new season….
To be sure we give it to God and stay on a straight path…
To allow Him to order our breaths, and then our steps, and maybe eventually our days…
For now, just one breath at a time….
I am grateful every single day…
One breath at a time He is directing our way…
We are trusting in Him with all of our heart…
We started our summer trips with a visit to my sisters ……
Such a great week….
With a big hole in it….
I kept catching g myself wondering why my healed wife was not poolside with us….
Where was her seat at the table….
Or why she was not playing cards with us….
Then I would remember….
I would look at the kids playing with cousins or each other in the pool….
I would remember she is in His glory…
I would choose joy….
I would choose to rejoice with her…
I would choose to receive His peace…
The last night was a great way to end a great week….
Relaxing by the fire…
Listening to my children using their God given talents…
To bless the family…
My oldest on the guitar….
The rest chiming in with beautiful harmony…
I closed my eyes and listened….
Just being present….
Absorbing….
Resting in His arms….
Rejoicing….
Just thanking the Lord for that moment of peace….
For all His blessings…
For His love….
For His presence….
….. all the time God is good
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