{"id":5609,"date":"2015-03-10T10:20:19","date_gmt":"2015-03-10T15:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scquest.org\/?p=5609"},"modified":"2015-03-10T10:20:19","modified_gmt":"2015-03-10T15:20:19","slug":"two-years-ago-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/?p=5609","title":{"rendered":"Two years ago, today\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"IMG_1018\"Today is “Celebration of Life” day. Maybe not on your calendar, but on ours. Today marks\u00a0the 2nd anniversary of two very special lives. Our arms were first able to hold Tanzen, and\u00a0Crystal was once again able to use hers.<\/p>\n

We celebrate life today because, no matter how thorough\u00a0your birth plan, it is God who gives life.<\/p>\n

A car accident, a birth, and a stroke<\/a>\u00a0were all used to point us to our great God who holds us in his hands. He knew. He planned, He protected. We cried. We feared. We didn’t understand.<\/p>\n

\"9E9A2005\"And we still don’t. We don’t understand why this happened, and neither does the incredible staff in hospitals around Minneapolis. We don’t understand the secret paths of the heart and brain, the sprawling stream\u00a0of\u00a0veins and nerves. And we do not understand the secret plans of our great God. And\u00a0we don’t need to.<\/p>\n

As Jon Bloom has said, “much of the Christian life is spent trusting Jesus now and understanding him later” (Bloom, Not by Sight, loc. 1496).<\/p>\n

But in these moments of haunting fear and feelings we were able to keenly experience the giver of all strength. In the darkness of doubt the speaker of light shone brightly. I was not sufficient for her, but we rested on the one who is.<\/p>\n

It was not easy but the significant times rarely are.<\/p>\n

\"9E9A1994\"And for these reasons, we celebrate life today. Our days our numbered, and until we regularly remember that, we will squander them away.<\/p>\n

So rejoice with us! Sing with us! Thank God with us! He has given us life today, let us live in light of him.<\/p>\n

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