We all want our kids to be perfectly healthy and always happy. We all want them to flourish and grow and become whatever it is they want to be. But sometimes (ok....pretty much always) our idea of "perfect" and Gods idea of "perfect" are very far from the same. A few months ago I was talking with a friend and she said (paraphrased), "They aren't "wrong". God doesn't knit them together wrong. They are all exactly who He wanted them to be." I have cried a lot about those words. Because I don't understand. Because I'm thankful I don't have to. Because some days it feels very very wrong. Because even when it feels hard and wrong, I know God doesn't make mistakes.
When people quote Phil. 4:13 sometimes I get frustrated. It's never been one of my "favorites" because I feel like it's always taken out of context. But the last few days it's been on my heart.
I can do ALL things through Christ who gives me strength. All things. Meltdowns, medication changes, seizures, countdown start-overs, tests, diagnoses, sleepless nights, tears....
Paul said right before that, “Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need.”
Those are the things He could do through Christ. Hard and easy, happy and sad, plenty and nothing. All of them made easier because of Jesus. When I was younger I would always quote "For I have learned in whatsoever state I am in, there with to be content" any time I was struggling. I didn't always become content. But I at least knew I could be. I didn't know that one day those words would mean a lot more. And I didn't know that one day, my least favorite "cliche" verse, would also mean so much more.
And I realize it's dumb to have a least favorite verse. But....that's real life y'all. 😏😊👍🏼
