Here's a Quarter....
I was setting up for a new comer's lunch I was about to attend at church and in moving some chairs I looked down and noticed a quarter. I said to myself, "score", and then noticed a little girl near by and thought I'd give it to her. But someting inside me said to just put it in my pocket so I did and felt a little guilty for this, it was only 25 cents. I went through the rest of my day with a lunch, two youth services I was teaching at and then to the ER in Cumming to have Farah checked out because of some possible pregnancy complications. While in the ER we came to the haunting truth that our third child might never breath. This crushing reality was too much to bear so I took a walk to the vending machines to gather my thoughts and pray. When I got there I came face to face with God. The cokes were $1.25, and as I reached for the single quarter in my pocket God wispered..."I knew you would be here and came before you." In the moments that followed we learned our newest child had died only days after our first ultrasound. In all of this I now can reflect and have peace in knowing that God knew this child and ordained all its 74 days of life. He knew what I would discover and made sure I knew that he was not surprised.
posted by David Isbell @ 9:55 PM
3 Comments:
I loved this post ... thanks for sharing your thoughts during this time.
I have prayed for you and Farah and Dax.
Isn't it cool how God uses quarters - not for snacks - but for lessons! God is so great. God is so good.
Love you guys.
He writes a bigger story....this is just one chapter. hang in there
His presence is what continually draws me to love Him so much! i'm thankful that He was evident to y'all at the hospital & in the surrounding tough days. as you said "He was not surprised". i loved that line. thanks for a great post.
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