May 2nd marked our
6 year first date-iversary.
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| May 2005 |
If you've been reading you know
what happened to our plans.
Hospital.
That is okay though.
As long as we were alone together
(albeit in 15 minute time slots)
that was all I needed.
Hubby and I have been talking a lot
lately about his testimony.
He isn't really a "speaker" so
the thought of sharing it doesn't
bring on relaxed feelings.
I heard a song that I felt
would really give "our" testimony
over the last 6 years.
We pray for blessings
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| (this is our first home. We bought it and through the loss of out job ended up paying $1300 to someone at the closing table) |
We pray for peace
Comfort for family, protection while we sleep
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| (but during losing that job and selling out Condo we had this little guy. Perfect in every way. There were struggles with our insurance during pregnancy and the job that we got and lost all during his short pregnancy and birth paid for it all. God is faithful) |
We pray for healing, for prosperity
We pray for Your mighty hand to ease our suffering
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| (New Job! New state. New life. Same sweet family of 3) |
All the while, You hear each spoken need
Yet love us way too much to give us lesser things
Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops
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| (Hurricane Ike hit our home destroying most everything in it. After that the economy crash finally hit Houston and taking our salary down a LOT. We also found out around this time that we were expecting our 2nd baby) |
What if Your healing comes through tears
What if a thousand sleepless nights
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| (She was early. We had NO money. Our job was hanging by a thread) |
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| (But God opened the door to move us to a new job in a new state and there he gave us the BEST life. GREAT church, GREAT friends. Happiness. God is faithful) |
Are what it takes to know You’re near
What if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise
We pray for wisdom
Your voice to hear
And we cry in anger when we cannot feel You near
We doubt Your goodness, we doubt Your love
(That job ended way before we were told it would, leaving us unemployed with NO options out there. We had to move back to TN and leave the place where we had found the most joy in our married life. It was like a knife to the heart just to wake up every day and pack up the life I loved knowing that it wouldn't ever be the same again.)
As if every promise from Your Word is not enough
All the while, You hear each desperate plea
And long that we'd have faith to believe
Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops
What if Your healing comes through tears
What if a thousand sleepless nights
Are what it takes to know You’re near
And what if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise
When friends betray us
When darkness seems to win
We know the pain reminds this heart
That this is not, this is not our home
Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops
What if Your healing comes through tears
And what if a thousand sleepless nights
Are what it takes to know You’re near
What if my greatest disappointments
Or the aching of this life
Is the revealing of a greater thirst this world can’t satisfy
And what if trials of this life
The rain, the storms, the hardest nights
Are Your mercies in disguise
Now we are living in a family home that is owned. We have help with our bills, and the most beautiful back yard we've ever had.
Our son goes to the sweetest school and our family is close. Brad has found a new job and is in school currently. It is looking like the steadiest company we've ever been hired by. Somehow our debt keeps going down. Somehow we stay healthy and fearless. We're at peace and thankful every single day. We have hope and faith.
We've been knocked down enough to know who is catching us.
I guess in our testimony we'd say that "faith like a mustard seed" will get you farther than you know. Trusting God in your marriage will bless you more than your heart can hold. Babies are the only Gold this earth has to offer. Money means NOTHING. Yes we need it to get along down here, but he WILL provide it. Every single raindrop has indeed been a blessing.
We couldn't have afforded the house that got destroyed with the pay cut that was coming. We wouldn't have been able to keep flying if we hadn't paid to sell our condo. Jobs won't wait. We would have been completely without if Evelyn hadn't been born, and her timing..HIS timing for her was perfect. We wouldn't be able to tell people with certainty that they will be fine when they lose their job.
We wouldn't have been broken before the Lord and blessed more than we can store had it not rained a little.
Our ever evolving testimony..
I'd LOVE to hear yours!
xoxo
Courtney
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