What if God doesn't answer the way I'm hoping?
Have you ever noticed how trials seem to come crashing in one right after another? You go through a season of seeming calm and then, out of nowhere (at least from our human vantage point) the trials just rain down like a flood. The songwriter got it right: "When sorrows like sea billows roll. . ." I've been feeling the weight of trials pressing in these last days. My 4 year old is facing possible surgery; my hubby found out he will be moved to a different shift at work (which makes family life and ministry nigh impossible), and my daughter's gastroenterologist reminded us yesterday (with little empathy, I might add) that diet alone can't stay this disease, and that most likely there are things going on under the surface, despite the fact that she looks "like a million bucks" (her words, not mine.) All these burdens in a matter of days to press in on my heart. The traffic was ridiculous as we crawled home after that appointment yesterday. It g...