Leading - 3 in a Row

Today, Mae got her tonsils and adenoids taken out. She did great and was very brave. When she was in the recovery room and napping, I got out my Bible to read. Noticing a page had gotten folded and was sticking out, I opened it to the crinkled page. As I straightened the page, I saw the fold went across a section titled The Sons of Joseph. Genesis 41: 52 "And he named the second (son) E, For , he said, God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.” I read it to Dan... He said, “Are you writing this stuff down?”

This was the 3^rd day in a row. Sunday with a song about affliction bringing an eternal weight of glory. Monday, an invitation to consider a boy whose name means 'God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction' and today, Tuesday, pulling my Bible out of my bag with the exact page folded to this scripture. Was this all by chance?

Feeling the weight of wonder and the human awareness that a GREATER Hand is at work leading us. Wow, thank You, Lord.

Fruitful

We got an email asking if we would consider adopting E? E was posted as a 7 year old boy on the waiting list of children who needed a family. I had already seen him. He caught my attention a week or so earlier because something about his expression reminded me of my nephew. There was also an abbreviation listed that reminded me of my nephews name. Dan and I sat down and prayed together asking the Lord to make His will known to us. Later, I Googled his name – It means “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction”.
The worship song we just sang yesterday (look at 3/27) came back to mind.

Weight of Glory

We sang a song at church that says – this momentary light affliction is working in me an eternal weight of glory. This song stuck with me, as we had had a particularly rough weekend at our house. It felt like affliction.