Monday the kids and I were SUPER excited to go visit the Burks Family and see for the first time Baby #7, Hudson Taylor, who was just two weeks old. Sadie was over the moon happy to get to spend time with her dear friend, Kaela, and the boys were thrilled to spend the day with the other 5 Burks boys. They live about 30 minutes from my mom's place, so we headed out after breakfast. 5 minutes from Sarah's house, Drew threw up all over himself in the car. I won't get into the grisly details, but let's just say it made up for none of my kids having ever thrown up on themselves in the car prior to this. I pulled over and started cleaning him up as best I could with a roll of toilet paper, and called Sarah. I was soooo sad, but we both agreed since we had no clue what made Drew sick, we shouldn't come over. Since we were seriously 5 minutes away, we stopped by for about 15 minutes. I kept Drew in the car, washed myself up, and resisted the desire to snuggle Baby Hudson, since I didn't know if I was now contaminated. Sadie cried, the boys got their toys out and played wildly for the 15 minutes, and Drew sat. Poor guy, I felt so sad for him. Then we left.
I think I will touch on this in more detail another time in another post, but God has been doing some very interesting things in me this year. Now, I don't blame God for anything that has happened this year, but through it all, I know He is REALLY working on me. And this was just one more example of His gentle whisperings, saying, "Elissa, you are not in control, I am." He is in control, and no matter what happens, it is all a part of His big plan. Whether it's the sudden loss of my dad or the timing of certain non-missable events that have prevented me from being a part of certain things that I love, or just the little disappointments of a child's sickness preventing a much-awaited visit. I have learned over and over to roll with the punches, and I have had to just settle down and realize that everything that has happened has allowed the opportunity for God to grow me and mature me. I have no clue what God's ultimate plan for me is, but I am working on trusting Him completely with my life and my loved ones, and when something doesn't go my way to be able to say, "Well, this sure sucks, but I know that God has His hand in it and for some reason, this was supposed to happen. God has something to show me through this, so I must do my best to obey and learn."
It helps, it really does. :)
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