Remembering

This weekend we were wandering through town and I remembered that just one year ago I was heavily pregnant and had no idea if our family would be growing by a baby boy or baby girl in coming days. There were many unknowns for me about giving birth in India, living on the side of the mountain - a long walk followed by a short drive away from the hospital. There was a pile of frustrations and disappointments with my job that were unresolved and painful for me. I was worried about my mom's arrival since we couldn't go and meet her. Then when she did arrive, we were worried about her lost baggage (which God was watching over). Worries, unknowns and waiting waiting waiting plagued our days. Yet, to look back at that and see how God took care of EVERYTHING brings so much reassurance and peace. "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever" (Hebrews 13:8) and I am thankful for last year's experiences that remind me that the God who provided for me and gave me such a short labor, safe trip to the hospital, and easy delivery of a healthy little baby girl is the same God who knows all our needs and will care for us today and forever.

We have such special memories of my mom's trip here a year ago. Thanks for coming and for loving and caring for us during that month, Mamma!
"Remember the days of old; consider the generations long past. Ask your father and he will tell you, your elders, and they will explain to you." Deuteronomy 32:7

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"Remember how the LORD your God led you all the way in the desert these forty years, to humble you and to test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands. He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your fathers had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD. Your clothes did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years. Know then in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you. Observe the commands of the LORD your God, walking in his ways and revering him. For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land--a land with streams and pools of water, with springs flowing in the valleys and hills; a land with wheat and barley, vines and fig trees, pomegranates, olive oil and honey; a land where bread will not be scarce and you will lack nothing; a land where the rocks are iron and you can dig copper out of the hills. When you have eaten and are satisfied, praise the LORD your God for the good land he has given you. Be careful that you do not forget the LORD your God, failing to observe his commands, his laws and his decrees that I am giving you this day. Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses and settle down, and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all you have is multiplied, then your heart will become proud and you will forget the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. He led you through the vast and dreadful desert, that thirsty and waterless land, with its venomous snakes and scorpions. He brought you water out of hard rock. He gave you manna to eat in the desert, something your fathers had never known, to humble and to test you so that in the end it might go well with you." -Deuteronomy 8:2-16

May we not forget what the Lord has done.