Do you struggle with trusting in Gods plans? Well, let me tell you, I sure did. My daughter Mahayla and her husband Logan decided they wanted to move to Idaho. To visit them, there was either the option to fly or travel by car, which would take three days one way to reach them. I don’t fly, so that option was out of the picture, since I just started here at Hope FM, I had no vacation time built up so that wasn’t an option either. It felt as if I was never going to see her again, at least for more than a year or so. I had never been away from her, or any of my kids, for that long. To top it off, she seemed to be just fine being away from her family and me. The holidays felt hopeless without her and Logan here. Before they left, I threatened them with “You better not go up there and have babies, knowing I can’t come up there!” The worry I had was overwhelming, with her so far away. Man, what the enemy can do with fear! I even started praying “Lord, please make them hate living there so much that they will want to return home. I often cried thinking about her, she has this special tug in my heart.
Thinking about how I felt as if I had lost Mahayla and worrying about her often brings to my mind when Joseph and Mary lost Jesus (Luke 2: 41-50). How frantic they must have been. Had someone kidnapped him? Or even worse, killed him? Imagine the thoughts in their minds as if you were his parents in their situation. As parents who have already experienced the terror of their child being hunted at birth. What a relief when they heard the good news! He wasn’t lost or hurt. He was in his father’s house. They should have trusted in God to protect Jesus. I should trust God. Mahayla wasn’t lost, she was safe, God had her, I just needed to stop worrying and trust in Him and when I did, I was able to see Him answer my prayers.
I didn’t have to fly, nor did I have to travel across the US to see her. God helped bring her back to me in the most unlikely way that I would have ever thought. He worked on her husband who is now my favorite son-in-law (well, my only son-in-law, but still my favorite.) I’m pleased to say that they have been home for two weeks now, going on three, and I couldn’t be happier. I did ask Logan what made him want to come back home. He said partly due to the climate, he didn’t like the longer cold months there, but also said “Besides you did say we couldn’t have any babies up there.” I thank God everyday for being a merciful God who loves me so much, I just need to trust his plans!!
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