Max always makes sure that we do “pastor” every night. This is our daily reading from a Lutheran devotional. Tonight’s reading was exactly what I needed!
“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?
And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. (Matthew 6:25-34 ESV)
Works I really need to take to heart now!
I have been following your blog since Emily was alive. I have cried with you through your losses and rejoiced with the birth of Max. I have been praying so hard that God would give you a second (and even third) child. I know what it is like to have that burning desire to have another child and I thank God every day that he allowed me to give birth to four amazing children. You mentioned in your last post that if this next transfer does not work you might look into adoption. I was adopted as a grade school child out of the foster system and know that parents are needed so bad. I thank God daily for Frank and Betty Williams who gave up their retirement years to raise my sister and I. They truly were angels on this earth. I am praying that God will bless you with another child that you so desperately want.