Trials.

Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. Romans 12:12 

Braycen woke me up at about 3am this morning with major body aches and a really high fever. Like all good mommas it absolutely kills me when my babies are sick.. I seriously want to take it all away! Branson was working nights and the other 2 boys were sleeping soundly. I gave him some meds, something to drink and got him fixed back up to go back to sleep. He told me his body was hurting so bad and he didn't want to move & wanted to know why he felt like that & why it was him having to be go through that. I told him that his body was trying to fight off something that isn't meant to be there so it's working extra hard and taking all of his strength.. (I mean that's the best way I could think to explain that to a 7 year old at 7am). A little while later I started thinking about the course of events that have taken place in our lives the past few months. Changes, deaths, and branson finding out he had a cancerous mass that  would need to be removed & treatments would be needed. 

I'm not going to lie, these past couple months had been extremely trying to me!  Confusing and sometimes left me questioning, why us?  Well... Why not us? We are Gods children, that's why. The Bible doesn't say that once we become his children our lives are going to be this awesome fairytale & nothing bad is ever going to happen! The devil is going to do anything he possibly can to break our grip away from our God. He is going to come in where he's not wanted & try to stir things and make everything confusing and not the way God intended them to be. 

Thankfully, our God works in overtime for us and fights to make sure the devil doesn't win or overcome our biggest trials! I cant help but rejoice in knowing that no matter what we go through big or small, we are overcomers in Christ! He fights our toughest battles and is there with us in the most trying times. Staying in constant prayer and remaining patient through these time can be the most comforting and soothing things through trials! I am so thankful that no matter what we face, we have a living God who is there to fight our battles and wrap his arms around us and love and comfort us!