Rooted in faith: Daily inspiration for your journey

Earlier this week, my oldest son came home from school talking about how he was becoming more and more interested in US History. So I spent the rest of the evening introducing him to Hamilton.

Have you ever felt lost trying to figure out where God was leading you?

What happens when life seems to go on without you?

This picture was taken just minutes before Lucas was whisked away for his first open heart surgery at just 5 days old. We had no idea what was going to happen. We only knew that we would be separated for hours from our child not knowing what was going to happen to him or how our lives would look differently afterward. I remember swallowing a large lump in my throat when the anesthesiologists promised that they would take good care of him. When the room was empty of his bed, Brian and I just looked at each other with the most terrified looks on our faces, not knowing what to do next. But do you know that in those moments something amazing yet totally predictable happened. God went with Lucas to the part of the hospital that I will never see. He guided the surgeon's hands in every move of the scalpel. And at the same exact time, He calmed my heart. He met me in my tangled web of emotions while he simultaneously strengthened my husband's heart to encourage me AND protect my son's life while he underwent his first of several operations. He did all of those things because He is just that good and faithful and wonderful and gracious to us! 

There was something incredibly special about watching my husband hold our baby boy. 

Before heading to the hospital, a friend of mine suggested collecting verses that would help keep us rooted in God's Word while we were literally being thrown into a brand new existence. I put it out on  Facebook to have other friends help me out, and they really came through. We collected all of the verses you see in the picture below and we taped this wall of verses to the back of the bathroom door.

The day Lucas was born was a day that will be etched in my brain forever. A day that was full of fear. I had to be airlifted from Spartanburg to MUSC and hope and pray that Brian and my mom would be able to get to Charleston by car before Lucas was born. After he was born, the fear didn't subside, but was replaced with other things to worry about.

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