Moving Forward

This week has been a tough one for our family. We found out that we miscarried our baby, and that has been difficult to deal with. But we are ok, as ok as one can expect to be. And the more I process all that has happened recently, I can see a few reasons why.

First, we are learning to ask the right questions. When faced with a difficult situation, our first response is usually “why would God allow this to happen to me?” We asked that too, but then we realized the problem with a question like that. It’s not so much that God allows these things to happen to me, it just that God allows these things to happen. One out of four pregnancies ends this way. It is hard, it hurts, but it happens. It is not that God desired for this to happen to our family to harm us, but that God uses what naturally happens in life to make each of us stronger. God does not promise to protect us from the bad things that happen in life, but He does promise to be there to get us through us.

Second, I am learning just what kind of person I am. I always say that bad things happen to good people to make them better people, and what I am finding is that in the middle of the storm, I still believe that. I don’t just preach these things. I don’t just teach happy anecdotes and placebos. The things I teach my students are the things that I truly believe and those things have shaped my life and redefined who I am.

We thank all our friends and family for their prayers and support, and we look forward to growing alongside you through this. Thank you for your love for us. It is because of what God is doing in our lives and through you that we are able to move forward.