Today was the last day of the women's Bible Study at church. Caelyn has loved going and getting to play with her friends and I have really enjoyed getting to go too, especially since I have never been able to go before. The study is on Wednesday mornings and Wednesdays is one of the days I work...but since I have been on maternity leave I have been able to go. One thing that I won't ever forget from this study is that "God is able to go WAY beyond your beyond!!" The best thing you could ever imagine to happen, in any situation, God is able to do far beyond, exceedingly better anything you could ever have dreamed of. He is able!! Wether or not things turn out the way I would like is not an issue of His ability but it is His sovereignty. And wether I understand His plan or purposes now or ever in this lifetime He is always good and always loving. This study has touched my heart and encouraged me in so many ways.
Back to the lip story...well today after her class had been on a buggy ride Caelyn tripped and took a bad spill. She ended up with this swollen bruised lip. Sometimes she gets going so fast I don't think her feet can keep up with her body. She is in perpetual motion and that motion is one speed, fast! It is by far the worst owie she has had in her life but I am sure that it won't be the last. When I picked her up she wanted a hug and kept pointing and saying "lip". Everyone we saw in the parking lot she wanted them to see her "lip". She sucked on some ice chips and when she got up from her nap the bruise was very purple. I think it appears more painful than it is because she played all evening not even acting like it bothered her. Hopefully the swelling will just keep going down all night, we will see in the morning. I got to thinking that this life is full of pain. Not only physical but emotional too since we live in a fallen world. And as much as I would like to shield her and Aliyah from pain, they both will have their share of painful experiences I am sure of this. My prayer is that they will both have a deep abiding love for their Savior and cling to His promises so that they be able to survive the storms of this life. It is my daily prayer that God would grant us the wisdom and knowledge to raise them to love and serve Him with all of their lives. Sometimes I feel so overwhelmed, I am a list maker by nature and like to check things off so that I can feel that I have had a productive day. When Jason comes home I like to have things accomplished but there have been some days I don't get anything checked off and a very wise person told me that children don't fit well into a to do list. One day Caelyn isn't going to be asking me to play with her little people with her and it won't have mattered if I got all the loads of laundry done, folded and put away. May I never miss a teachable moment or take for granted the time I have been given to share with them.
