I will lift up my eyes to the mountains; From where shall my help come? My help comes from the LORD, Who made heaven and earth. He will not allow your foot to slip; He who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, He who keeps Israel Will neither slumber nor sleep. The LORD is your keeper; The LORD is your shade on your right hand. The sun will not smite you by day, Nor the moon by night. The LORD will protect you from all evil; He will keep your soul. The LORD will guard your going out and your coming in From this time forth and forever.We went to the doctor last Thursday for Gina's follow up appointment. It was a tormenting time, they put in the same room that we were in when we found out that Caleb Nathaniel had no heartbeat. Of coarse they did not know I'm sure, but it was a very difficult time. The doctor said Gina is doing just fine, physically. Gina and I are getting our strength to go through each day from the Lord. As the above Psalm states, my help, our help comes from the Lord. We will get through this, but not in our own strength, only by the grace of God can struggles come our way and we move to the other side of them with a brokenness that only trials can bring.
James 1:2-4 says count it all joy when you fall into various trials, Knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work,that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.God allowed a trial in our life and through his spirit in us we must consider it joy. WHY? To have patience and to be complete lacking nothing. We are lacking nothing, because Christ is in us,
so we must consider this trial joy. Are we still mourning and grieving? Absolutely, but we have this hope in Jesus Christ that will see us through this. There is nothing the nearness of Christ cannot heal. Sometimes the ruts in our life are God's grooves of Grace.
Thank you so much to those who sent cards of encouragement and called to tell us you love us. There is no way we can express our appreciation for our spiritual family and the outreach we have had. Thank You. We Love you
Tim and Gina
October 5th was Lydia's birthday. She turned two. We got her two cakes, one just for her to enjoy and the other one for us all to enjoy. She loved them as you can see. She loves to eat. If she sees food she says "want some." We spent the day at home but since then have taken her to the local ice cream shop in downtown Wake Forest and had a blast. See the pictures at the bottom of this post..
