Promises…

How surreal that one year ago this week we were planning a funeral, purchasing a cemetery plot, and driving to our son’s college to pick up his things we had left him with only nine short weeks before. All week on both Facebook and my Time hop app I am seeing the posts made last year at this time. It is good to be able to see them again, as I barely remember all the people that sent their love and prayed for our family. In case I didn’t say it last year, thank you!

When we are faced with difficult times, grief and even the unimaginable loss of a child, we must remember that all are gifts from God. He gives and He takes away. We are not entitled to anything in this life, yet we are blessed with gifts daily. Remember to look for yours, I promise they are there through all the muck.

This morning there was a beautiful rainbow in the sky! As I was hurrying to get children out the door my phone blew up with rainbow photos being sent to me from my angels here on earth. Awesome way to start my day!  We called Connor our rainbow boy as on our way to the hospital to welcome him into this world, a rainbow was leading the way. The rainbow is the sign that God sent of his everlasting promise between Him and all life on earth. Each day I hear of good people leaving this earth for their eternal life in Heaven. I used to be afraid of death and am no more, another gift. I despise the thought of our loved ones being taken from us, yet I am so grateful for the gift of their lives and memories made. Each person has had an impact on our lives and these experiences have made us who we are today. It is not my place to ask why, even though the thought creeps in every now and then. My heart sincerely knows that God’s plan is perfect and I am not to question it. Just as I tell my children, trust me and you will know my plans later, we must trust our Father in Heaven.

I pray that today, you look for your rainbows in all that you do. This week may be for others, just as it was for our family last year, with much turmoil and grief. It is difficult to let go of loved ones, friends, jobs, and things in this life. I have found if you never let go of God and instead, place your trust in Him, you will find peace that passeth all understanding, amidst all the chaos. May God bless your day and remember to keep looking up and you will find happiness again.

Love & Peace,

MamaC
And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come. I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life. Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God an all living creatures of every kind on the earth.” Genesis 9:12-16