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Does God Work in the Lives of His People?

 Just as you cannot understand the path of the wind or the mystery of a tiny baby growing in its mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the activity of God, who does all things. Ecc. 11:5

 

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Then on the seventh day the child died. David’s advisers were afraid to tell him. “He wouldn’t listen to reason while the child was ill,” they said. “What drastic thing will he do when we tell him the child is dead?”

When David saw them whispering, he realized what had happened. “Is the child dead?” he asked.

“Yes,” they replied, “he is dead.”

Then David got up from the ground, washed himself, put on lotions, and changed his clothes. He went to the Tabernacle and worshiped the Lord. After that, he returned to the palace and was served food and ate.

His advisers were amazed. “We don’t understand you,” they told him. “While the child was still living, you wept and refused to eat. But now that the child is dead, you have stopped your mourning and are eating again.”

David replied, “I fasted and wept while the child was alive, for I said, ‘Perhaps the Lord will be gracious to me and let the child live.’ But why should I fast when he is dead? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him one day, but he cannot return to me.”

Then David comforted Bathsheba, his wife, and slept with her. She became pregnant and gave birth to a son, and David named him Solomon. The Lord loved the child and sent word through Nathan the prophet that they should name him Jedidiah (which means “beloved of the Lord”), as the Lord had commanded.

My journey continues. Many of you followed my steps through my pregnancy, birth and loss of my sixth child, Azaiah Stone. He was most certainly a gift from God. In his time with us and apart from us, he has been an instrument to transform our hearts. He hasn’t stopped there. His life and legacy have transformed the hearts of near strangers, turning them to Jesus.

Through many tears, I have watched the Lord. I stand in awe of him and I am amazed.

In the gripping moments of our grief and our pain, the Lord has continued to wash us with his mercy. For centuries, the Lord has given children as a testimony to his presence and provision. From Abraham and Sarah to David and Bathsheba. God says, “I AM!” through the seed of life planted within a womb.

  • I AM the God over your circumstances.
  • I AM the God over your pain.
  • I AM the God of great promises.
  • I AM the God over the grave.

Last week my husband and I found out that God has yet again placed life inside my womb. This seventh child is due on our precious Azaiah’s birthday.

Does God work in the lives of his people? Undoubtedly YES!

For when they see their many children
    and all the blessings I have given them,
they will recognize the holiness of the Holy One of Israel.
    They will stand in awe of the God of Jacob. Is. 29:23

Apr 8, 2013Serena
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Comments: 7
  1. Debbie
    9 years ago

    Praise God from whom all blessings flow! I am so happy for you!

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  2. Terilynn Sellers
    9 years ago

    A happy day!

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  3. Cari Rusin
    9 years ago

    Amazing Love!

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  4. Derek Guyer
    9 years ago

    Love it! Excited for you and amazed at God’s ability to heal and bring his perfect will in the midst of pain and struggle!

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  5. Robyn Story
    9 years ago

    Congratulations! May He bless you with peace as you carry , birth, and hold this new child.

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  6. trisha ellis
    9 years ago

    The Lord has been mindful of me, he blesses and blesses again… I loved that you referenced that in a facebook post that I saw reposted by one of our several mutual friends. Seeing those words from you struck a cord with me. I haven’t lost a child, not in the way that you have. On NYE 2009 a baby was born that would have been adopted by me and my husband if his mother hadn’t changed her mind. I loved her for considering adoption and love her still for choosing to keep him. But my grief was rough. A year later on NYE 2010, my mother died unexpectedly. I continued in my grief , but knew that God was in control. On NYE 2012 our adoption of three siblings was finalized. When I realized that the day of joy X 3 was the same date as the two hardest things in my life, I was in awe of our Creator. Yes, He has been mindful of me. He Blesses and Blesses again. You and your family continue to be in my prayers.

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    • Serena
      9 years ago

      beautiful testimony!

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