Moving Slow and Giving God More of Me
This post I originally wrote at a time when our family was walking through hard times. Simultaneously, we were experiencing new life and reasons to celebrate. In this season, perhaps you can relate to the following story.
As I reflect on the past year, many things come to mind.
For our family, it held both the beautiful and the difficult.
It was a time of change and the months held many moving parts. Our work was fulfilling, but especially busy. Physical challenges were overwhelming for some of us.
My husband, Mark, who has Crohn's disease, began a new treatment protocol because his body had grown immune to the old medication. The first part of the year was hard for him, but we are grateful for God's healing touch, good doctors, and medical insurance.
As Mark dealt with his own health challenges, his mother {who lived over a thousand miles away} was in and out of the hospital repeatedly. Just before Christmas, she left this world to be with Jesus. Two weeks before, we welcomed our third gr…
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