The News

There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment; and the one fearing has not been perfected in love.

1 John 4:18

My sister is going to have a baby! I'm so excited! She called really early this morning to tell us. We are all hoping that it is a boy.


The bad part of it is that my sister's health is really bad. The doctors say that she wasn't even supposed to live through her last pregnancy. But, she did, and my niece is 7 years old. I choose to believe in the report of the LORD who can make all things possible. The doctors are thinking the worst. I let myself think the worst for about five minutes this morning and it was a horrible feeling. Now, I am trusting God and I know that He is going to take care of my sister and this baby.


But, I will be honest, I struggled with one thought all morning. "It isn't fare." It isn't fare that she has had to deal with pain all her life. It isn't fare that she can't just be happy that she is going to have a baby without having the fear of death hanging over her. But, who am I to say that? God is in control and He understands better than I do. I look up to my sister and her strength. She is one of the strongest people I know. Yet, she isn't even a Christian. But she trusts God. That is so unbelievable. I know that when she comes back to the LORD she is going to be an amazing Christian. She is truly a wonderful person and an awesome mother. She is a beautiful person inside and out. It breaks my heart that she has to go through what she has.


I'm probably just rambling. But, what I want you to know is that even if it doesn't "seem fare," God knows better than we do. I have prayed every day for 14 years for my sister and I have not only prayed for her to come back to God, but to be healed. God is faithful and I know both of those prayers will be answered. I don't know how, but they will be. All I know is that unless I hand this whole thing over to God, it will tear me apart worrying over it. Is there something you are having a hard time handing over? Is there something that keeps coming to you as not being fare? Maybe it's time to let go and let God take control.