something special

Jason and I are doing a nightly devotional with the boys (mostly Connor obviously) entitled "The One Year Devotions for BOYS".  So last night we sat down to do the lesson and it was on Romans 8:26-31.  Well the lesson went a little like this....a boy complaining to his grandma while she is baking about how life isn't fair and if God loved him he wouldn't let all this bad stuff happen to him.  Well the Grandma gave the lesson about how if you try the cocoa, shortening, flour, raw eggs or baking soda on their own they would be pretty gross...but when you put them together they make something special.  The basic take away was the Bible says that all things work together for good in the life of a Christian but it doesn't promise all things to be good.  It asked if you had swallowed some bitter experiences lately....and said to be patient because all the ingredients aren't in yet so you can't taste the final result yet. 

Wow....that was divine intervention.  What a great opportunity to talk about the bitter experience that we have all went thru lately.....our sweet Chesney.  I keep hearing how strong I am and the truth is that it stinks that we had to go thru that.  And I would be lying if there was a moment that I thought because of the 6 miscarriages that once we were out of the "danger zone" we would be fine.  But God chose for that crappy thing to happen to our family for a reason.....it was a raw egg in our life and we are just sitting back waiting for God to put the other ingredients in so that we can finally eat the cake.  Although we never saw Chesney breathing,  we loved her and it sure stinks that her due date is approaching and that is a sad thing not an exciting thing.  However, I know that God is leading us to the adoption process and once all the ingredients are in we are going to be happier then we could ever imagine.  Although April 19, 2013 isn't going to be such an exciting day...there will be a day in the future that we will get a phone call to check our email and see the child that could be ours.  I know that one day we will look into the eyes of our child and know that she is the one that God hand chose to finish our family!!  This devotion was merely a great ice breaker to talk to Connor about Chesney and how it is alright to be sad....we all are....but we trust that God is going to use this experience for His good. 

So have you tasted bitter experiences lately???  Give it time for God to get all of your ingredients in so that you can feast on the yummy cake that is your life!!!  God uses all things for His purpose.......