I cannot believe it's been an entire year since Will joined our family. I can so clearly remember sitting in my hospital bed with Cliff the night before Will's arrival, Bible in hand and heads bowed in prayer asking for a comfort and peace that we knew only God could provide us. Some of the circumstances surrounding Will's birth were uncertain and we knew there was the possibility that something could be very, very wrong. That night was a defining moment for us. One that I believe will stand out forever. Few things challenge a parent like the imminent possibility that something could be wrong with their child. Cliff led us in prayer, in a precious conversation shared between the two of us and our Savior and we committed to loving Will and trusting God no matter what we faced the next morning. We surrendered our own hopes and dreams for our sweet Will to the Lord. When we finished our time of reflection on Scripture and conversing with God through prayer, I know we could both honestly say that whatever we faced, it was truly well with our souls. That is a peace that only God can bring. A peace that I do not fully understand myself. A peace that allows me to believe in a Savior I have never laid eyes on in a physical sense, but have known so personally because of the way He loves us so deeply. But in those moments of the two of us finally being alone that evening to settle in to what would soon be the new life for us, we chose together to trust God, and to believe fully that His plan for our lives and for Will's life was absolutely the best plan there could be. We cried. We laughed. We freaked out a little bit about handling two boys and wondering WHAT in the world we had done, and we felt God's presence so strongly every second of the way. Man, what an awesome God we serve!
A year later, and a perfect child in tow, we cannot help but thank God that Will was completely healthy and safe. He has changed our life in ways that we never imagined. He's taught us to love in ways we didn't know we'd be able to. He's shown us a side of his big brother that we didn't know before. He's our sunshine and he completes our family. But we know that even if our outcome had been different on March 8, 2011 he would still be all of those things to us, because of who God is and because of the place he brought us to on March 7, 2011. Praise be to God for what He has done.
(Birthday party post coming soon!)
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