Sometimes when you answer the call you’re never really sure what that means. I heard someone the other day ask “What do you think the opposite of faith is?” The immediate thought that came to mind was “doubt”, but I was challenged to rethink this when he said “I believe it is certainty”. When you are certain of things there is no room for faith. Faith is the mystery of things unknown, things unseen. If you are certain of things how does your faith grow? There are 6 more weeks until we take our 4 children somewhere to do something unknown and since we’ve started this journey we have witnessed uncertainty turn to certainty and faith arise.
We were uncertain if we should answer the call. When we said yes it became certain we were going. We were uncertain if we would raise even 50% of our goal. Today we have raised 70%!!! We were uncertain of who would take care of the little things at home. Today we are certain and blessed with a family that will take care of our home, our dog and 5 gerbils. I see that when things are uncertain, God does something that makes it certain and our faith grows. However, I believe that we should never reach that place of 100% certainty and so our future continues to be unpredictable but it’s unpredictable with a God that never changes. He is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. So it is in the uncertain, we can be certain of His unfailing love. And it is this love that gives us the confidence in what we hope for and the assurance of what we do not see. And so as the days ahead are still unclear, I am learning to find rest in my unchanging God. As a mother, I still think about the how the kids will do on the trip, I think about our safety, health and all the things that are still left to do but the one thing I know is the love of the Father and I wait in anticipation for the day when the Lord makes the uncertain, certain again and for my faith to rise to the next level. And rise it shall!!!
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It's not often that Joo-Meng takes me to work. He always takes the kids and they get to meet the beautiful people he works with. There's never a take your wife to work day, but today I was so blessed to meet some of the wonderful women on 3A for the first time. They have such big hearts. It is no wonder Joo-Meng loves to go to work. Today was the big 50/50 draw on the floor and they were all excited to see who the winner was. 96 people throughout the hospital contributed to the draw. Thank-you for your generosity, I was so touched by all of you. Meeting you was the highlight of my day. What a fun bunch! Thank-you for taking care of Joo-Meng when he's at work and being his family. |
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