Monday, January 29, 2018

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I cannot begin to tell you how thankful I am for the prayers and love for Chloe and our family the last 24 hours. I am happy to announce that she had a restful night and has been fever free since 9:00 last night! She is still coughing terrible and the fact that she doesn't want to eat anything is still an indication that she still feels bad. I am home with her today. Praying she gets rest and is headed in the right direction for recovery. She really did give us a scare yesterday. It didn't help that I had been reading all the stories about how deadly this flu virus can be. Chloe doesn't express pain or sickness to us. She never has. She won't tell us that she feels bad. She could not hide the misery she was in yesterday afternoon and it was scary for this momma! The hysteria then produced the post from yesterday that I thought nobody would read 😰, but I was wrong. I was up every few hours last night checking on Chloe and I kind of regretted spilling all of that! There is another layer to this drama that will be revealed in the next few weeks and maybe the Lord knows that we are going to need as many people around us praying and encouraging us. People that love us and know that our heart's desire is to serve Christ and His Kingdom. As much as my heart was hurting last night, the Lord showed me that it is so easy to get caught up in the negative voices that are surrounding us. The voices are so so few, but they have been screaming the loudest and have been drowning out the voices of truth. Last night I was reminded that the Lord has surrounded our family with voices of love and encouragement. We are surrounded by people who know us, know our heart, love us, and walked with us through bigger storms. As terrible as yesterday was, it was needed. It was needed for God to remind me who we are in Him. Remind me of His faithfulness and His steadfast love for us.

The verse on my heart this morning: Lamentations 3:24-26
“The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,
    “therefore I will hope in him.”
 The Lord is good to those who wait for him,
    to the soul who seeks him.
 It is good that one should wait quietly
    for the salvation of the Lord.

Looking better this morning

One of our weapons to fight this flu!

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