Driving back from my sister’s house yesterday, I realized how unattractive this time of year is. All of the leaves have fallen and all that’s left are the bare, brown outlines of the trees. The grass is only green in small patches- the rest is brown or yellow. Every year I look forward to fall, and then that quickly the leaves are gone. It seems like just a few days before it was so beautiful out but it suddenly turned ugly.
The good thing though is that soon it will snow. The bare outlines will be covered with snow and even though I hate the cold, I love the look of fresh snow. And it’s pretty much a guarantee that we’ll have snow living in western Pennsylvania, so we can look forward to when it’s beautiful again.
It’s the same with our lives too. Life seemed to be going along so beautifully. On September 29, I spent the evening with Ian’s family and his grandparents. On Sept. 30 our lives moved into the hospital. There wasn’t any warning, and now we’re living a life that isn’t very pretty. What we’re expericing isn’t attractive and I can’t wait for it to be over. But, this isn’t all that there is. God has many promises still coming to us. One day, our lives will seem beautiful again. One day, this season of sadness will be over.
“I believe that I shall look upon the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.”
Still waiting for more of God’s promises…..
Thank you, always, for praying
Larissa
anonymous
November 25, 2007 at 2:44 am
On my refrigerator is Psalm 27:13 I would have lost heart, unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. I read this verse several times today and then see it on this site tonite. Yes! God will be good to us even while we live on this earth. Another verse on my frig: Isaiah 30:18 Therfore the Lord will wait, that He may be gracious to you; And therfore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you. For the Lord is a God of justice; Blessed are all those who wait for Him. Praise God for his love and mercy. Still praying for Ian and Family
anonymous
November 25, 2007 at 4:44 am
I love you larissa!
His mercies are new every morning!
-cousin rebekah
anonymous
November 26, 2007 at 9:01 pm
Praying that our loving Father God will shower you, even invade you, with more of His heart and His love for you … lifting the weariness and constancy of this sadness… Love, Janet S.
anonymous
November 27, 2007 at 1:17 am
Praise God for His mercy, and giving us seasons!! 🙂
anonymous
November 27, 2007 at 10:11 pm
i hope everything is okay, or doing better at least!
anonymous
November 28, 2007 at 1:09 pm
As the snow blankets the earth, may you be clothed in the warmth and shelter of His love. As you visibly gaze upon the beauty of the new, untouch fallen snow, I pray that you will fully witness a fresh splendor and magnificience of our Savior. So often the beauty and serene peace of that newly fallen snow does not come without the previous cold, blustery winter storm. But doesnt’ that snow reveal its most exquisiteness in the early morning glistening rays of the sun! Keeping you, Ian and the entire family lovingly in prayer.