The summer of 2002 I lived in Colorado with roughly 20 other college students from around the country. Although it was only 10 weeks, it was one of the sweetest seasons of my life. I grew more than I could have ever imagined both spiritually and personally that summer. There is a lot that has happened in my life since then that I can directly attribute to the trust I placed in God that summer.
One sweet woman I met that summer, Becca, has recently shown such faith and hope that I'm not sure I could show in a similar situation. Her precious daughter, Molly Ann, was born June 13 and went to be with her Heavenly Father a week later. Her story is truly inspiring.
I have found my own faith challenged through my dear friend. Would I continue to look up to God in awe and admiration? Would hope and love shine through or would anger and hatred emerge? Would my faith be strengthened or fall to the wayside? Could I look at it as a part of God's wonderful masterplan and share the love of Jesus Christ through it all? I would hope so...but I'm not sure.
I encourage you to read the reflections of Becca's parents. I pray that your faith is strenghtened and encouraged as you see God's love abound through Molly and her beautiful family. I have links posted in the top right corner if you would like to read more of Mighty Molly's story.
One sweet woman I met that summer, Becca, has recently shown such faith and hope that I'm not sure I could show in a similar situation. Her precious daughter, Molly Ann, was born June 13 and went to be with her Heavenly Father a week later. Her story is truly inspiring.
I have found my own faith challenged through my dear friend. Would I continue to look up to God in awe and admiration? Would hope and love shine through or would anger and hatred emerge? Would my faith be strengthened or fall to the wayside? Could I look at it as a part of God's wonderful masterplan and share the love of Jesus Christ through it all? I would hope so...but I'm not sure.
I encourage you to read the reflections of Becca's parents. I pray that your faith is strenghtened and encouraged as you see God's love abound through Molly and her beautiful family. I have links posted in the top right corner if you would like to read more of Mighty Molly's story.
2 comments:
Oh my...my heart aches for that family. I pray that I will never have my faith tested in that way. What an example!
Wow...Thank you for sharing that. Caden has screamed and cried uncontrollably for the past hour and a half with nothing that I can do for him to calm him down. I took a break from the crying to hop on the blog and read this... I have to remember that I am blessed beyond belief to be able to TRY to comfort my little boy even when it is beyond frustrating. What a blessing that I haven't been counting.
Thank you for sharing. I'm sobbing my eyes out and I can't get my nose to quit running. I'm truly moved and inspired. Thank you.
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