'My heart will choose to say, Lord blessed be your name'
'Whatever may pass, and whatever lies before me
let me be singing when the evening comes.
Bless the Lord, O my soul...'
We had to say good-bye to our Princess Petunia suddenly this past weekend. Some terrible events in her past were brought to light for the first time, which made it unwise to continue her care in a home with other children, especially ones that are her age and younger. Dealing with this sudden and unexpected change has been hard to accept, but I keep thinking on some things that my precious sister-in-law shared with me this morning:
"situations like this are perfect breeding grounds for doubt and second-guessing. when we're faced with decisions, all we have is the foresight God gives us to make those decisions...and His will will never be compromised....Christians are no more sheltered from this evil world than the world itself...but we do have a Savior Who has overcome this world...not going to one day overcome it...that victory is complete....your ultimate faith is in that victory...not in your own ability to shelter yourself from sin...but in God's ability to heal from sin and hurt come what may....God can heal and i don't believe He allows anything to happen that cannot be made to glorify Him...even such evil."
We are so very thankful for our time with Princess Petunia. We know that there is so much that God will do with even this sad chapter. We are grieving with hope and clinging to our Heavenly Father who makes all things, even horrible sad things, new.
Praying for you all, Dawn, as well as PP. I feel like there are hardly any words of comfort to give, simply prayers, and the faith in knowing that God will finish what he started, even if it doesn't turn out how anyone might have expected. To God be the glory.
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