When it Rains it Pours...

...And we can either throw up our hands and dance in it or run for cover!

This week we found out that something which was supposed to be a nothing in the development of our unborn son may very well be a big something... potentially fatal something.

This comes at a time when we are trying to sell our house in a depressed economy, move our family across the country to Washington state, and deal with a volatile work situation.

This week has been filled with tears, anger, frustration, agitation and TONS of laughter. How ironic our lives have been!

As we wait for more tests to reveal more about what might be going on with our son, sort out how to sell a house long distance, pack, fight for a paycheck, plan a cross country road trip with an increased risk pregnancy, sort out fall enrollment details in another state for our older children, and keep the house spotless in the mean time, we have to sit back and wonder where is the peace in this life?

When coffee cups and strawberries become topics of argument, and the phrase "I'm a dork" set off peels of laughter for no reason we've learned to recognize God at work.
Do we think this is happening just because we're being taught a lesson? NO. But one of the things we've seen this week is specific ways God has been at work in us over the last few years; quietly, faithfully, cleaning up bad attitudes and mending open wounds... reconciling conflicting views and softening hard spots.

Right now we have no way of knowing what He's up to, or how things are going to turn out. But we are confident that He's here. Not because we're feeling Him or even seeing Him - but because we're in the midst of this we're seeing the evidence of His presence up to this point.

The day may come very soon when we are going to run for cover and cower in pain or fear and have to be dug out of miry depths... it may start to thunder very soon. But for now, it's only pouring. And we're just getting wet... maybe drenched. For today, though, we're dancing in it. Confident that all He's asked of us is for today. Hopeful that tomorrow the sun will shine instead.

And if not, we'll decide what to do then. Today we're dancing.