the good

A little glimpse into the GLORY that is already being seen through all of this pain.

This comment was left on Jess's blog last night at 11:16pm...

"...I don't see any good in this. But, I want you to know, that I am a questioner, a skeptic, when it comes to faith. My life is so good, with healthy children, and a healthy marriage and I cannot have faith like you. I wish I could, and I want to learn from you. If you can still have faith, after the worst thing possible to happen to parents happened to you, I really do believe God's hand is upon you. Please continue with your blog to inspire people like myself, who need these hard, hard lessons to open my eyes. Thank you for sharing Cora with the world, so I could have the chance to learn more about Jesus. I will never forget about your special baby."

It can be so easy to question this and wonder how God can really be good. But it would be even harder to get through all of this without God.

As stated at her service, Cora was a little "missionary"...but I feel that Joel and Jess's faith and testimony is proving them to be "missionaries" as well. We may never know all of the details of what's happening around this world because of Cora. But this comment left last night says so much. We all have questions, and we all wonder why this happened....but having God through it all is the ONLY way you can have peace and HOPE.

His glory will be revealed...as we are beginning to see already.
It's still not fair...why Cora?
God knows why and we don't have to understand.
Jess shared this verse on her blog...which I think sums it all up...

"My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be." Psalm 139:15-16

He has a plan for us all...it's already written out. He had a plan when Jess and Joel met many years ago, and when they were married, (and even before then, when he was uniting each of their families, and Jess and Joel were being raised) and when he gave them baby Cora....he was letting his plan unfold....and he KNEW that he was putting Cora in the most PERFECT place on this earth.

Not only does this make me wonder what his plan for me is, and makes me want to be truly open to it. But it also makes me wonder...what is his plan for my little ones? What is he preparing them for? His plan for all us if unfolding each and every day. We just have to let ourselves be willing to be molded and led to the place he wants us.