Victorious

Recently I’ve had some health challenges come back that I thought I had overcome. It’s been depressing to be honest. Today I had to pick up Austin from school for a yearly check up, came back & got Sophie to bed, followed by Jesse, only to come upstairs & Sophie was already awake. Nothing seemed wrong, so I laid her back down, only for her to continue crying, & I went in to find out she blew out all over her back. As I was taking care of her, I got a call from the school saying Maddie wasn’t feeling well & needed picked up. As soon as I hung up, I got a call about my computer. This year, I had an undeniable feeling I was supposed to write in the midst of the chaos & difficulties. I set aside so many hours different mornings before the kids went to school or allowed Jesse to watch that movie he was begging to watch before Sophie got up, writing out what God was laying on my heart. It was some of my best work. My husband couldn’t even say anything negative about it. I was unable to save it to anything but my laptop & as it got progressively slower, I grew worried & finally took it in last week. The call was to inform me that my hard drive was unable to be saved & my work unable to be backed up, meaning I lost over a month’s worth of work, 2 months of my time, I need to buy another computer, & I still owe them $200 for the work on my useless one. I was past tears. My oldest needs picked up from rehearsal, we had life group meeting here I canceled with my daughter’s sickness, & my in-laws were planning to come tomorrow. I like the feeling of overcoming hard challenges. I don’t like pity stories. God doesn’t write mediocrity. The greater the battle, the greater the victory. The greater the climax, the sweeter the ending. Some days I would be lying if I said I didn’t want to give up, but my story has never been about me. It never was. It’s about One who never gives up & always overcomes. #letgodwriteyourstory

#dontgiveup