Next steps...

First of all, I just want to say a huge THANK YOU to everyone who has prayed for us and given us words of encouragement through this time.  You will never know how much it meant to us!


The follow-up to the last post is that the physical side is now officially over, and I couldn't be more thankful for that.  My body miscarried last Tuesday, but wasn't able to pass everything, so I had surgery last Friday.  Leave it to me to need to go down BOTH roads.  :) 


So now we're just taking our next steps.  And most of the time, I really have no idea what those steps are.  God is the light guiding our steps, and one of the things that oftentimes annoys me about that is that sometimes, the light He gives is just barely enough to see where our feet our now.  I'm forced to remember what the pastor at the church we've been attending said one Sunday.  You'll hear many people say "God will never give you more than you can handle".  Well, that's just simply not true.  The truth is that God will ALWAYS give us more than we can handle....but He'll never give us more than HE can handle.  So, if I can trust in Him, and give these troubles to Him, then that will help this journey that I'm on (that WE'RE on).


I know there will be tough days, and there will be happy days.  And I know that some days will be both.  I think the thing I'm dreading the most now is October, since that's when our little one was schedule to make his or her appearance into this world.  But, then I remember another quote that I've heard somewhere...worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows; it empties today of its strength.


We would be honored and humbled if you'd continue to pray for us.  We have other things going on as well--both happy and stressful--but obviously the miscarriage is top of the list.  


The good: We're building a house!  Well, there's no actual building happening yet, but hopefully that will start soon.  While this is exciting, there's also all the stress that goes along with this type of project.


The bad: I've not really found anywhere to use my voice.  Those of you who know me well know how sad that makes me.  I was so blessed to be able to sing with an amazing praise band at our church in Asheville, but just haven't found that here yet.  The church we're attending has let me sing with them a few times, but they just don't use background vocals very often.  We really like the church so far, so we're hesitant to leave, but I know that God would have me use my voice for Him, so I just need help finding a place to do this.


The ugly: Well, this is more of an "unnamed" request.  But God knows what it is.


Again...thanks to all who have taken even an ounce of time to think of us and pray for us.  There's no way we'd be getting through this without you!