Life's Storms

Nate ~ It's funny.  The last six months we have seen some really amazing things...and we've seen some really hard things.  We've had so many people show us that they love us by supporting our adoption.  We've had still others financially support us by giving to our adoption.  We've had unexpected expenses.  We've had unexpected delays in paperwork.  We've had points of contention in our marriage (Come on.  You aren't surprised.  I do make up 1/2 of this marriage :o).  Yet we still haven't learned.  There are still plenty of times (even last week) where we are surprised when God blesses us.  And there are times when we still doubt Him when a hardship shows up.

Here is a quote that has really helped me.

"Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.  And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock."  

Here is the amazing thing to me.  The Man who made this statement was not promising that the storm wouldn't come.  See, the storm still came.  The rain, the flood, and the winds, and they BEAT on that house.  It's not that there won't be storms, it's that the house will stand.  The storm will pass.

If you are interested, the quote is Matthew 7:24-25.  And yes, verse 26 goes on to say that someone who hears and doesn't listen will be like a man who built their house on the sand.  I thank God for a firm foundation where I can have the confidence that no matter what life brings, God will bring us through it and the storm will pass.