Cover them.

These photos are of my friend, Becca and her family. {Thank you, Becky, for your amazing photography skills and for allowing me to post these beautiful pictures.} Becca is asking for those of us who believe in the power of prayer to join with her as she prays for her two children. They have been in her home for nearly a year and are being placed back with their biological mother next week. Becca and her husband and crushed to learn this news. That is why she is asking for our prayers.

I find the most difficult aspect of having faith is not in trusting that God CAN do things, but rather when we find ourselves having to trust His ways even when they don't make sense in our human hearts and minds. This is one of those times. It just doesn't seem that this situation will prove best for these adorable babes- and it causes great pain in the lives of Becca, her husband and all their family and friends. My heart goes out to them.

My faith teaches me that God works for the good of those who love Him. And that is where the testing of my faith often wains most. I cannot begin to understand how God allows 'bad stuff' to happen in our lives. And yet I know that He has all the power to change circumstances and take the suffering away. Still, there are many times He doesn't do this- and so we ultimately just have to sit back and accept the trials that come our way, trusting fully in God to weave these hardships into beautfiul chapters of our lives.

It takes everything in me to trust when situations come my way and the way of others. Will you please join me in covering Becca, her husband, Scott, and these two little children with prayer? I know her faith must feel weak and small at this time. I cannot imagine the agony and fear she has inside, and that's why I ask you help hold them up in prayers. There is strength and comfort that comes in knowing so many are sharing your burdens. I know that, full well. I know that God can do amazing things as a result of our prayers and that He hears the cries of our hearts. I don't know how this chapter will end for Becca and her family, but I know she will appreciate all your thoughts and prayers. Forever.