Sometimes it's hard to be in Ministry...

I wanted to post pictures of a new little baby, who the Lord has brought into our lives. I can't share details on a blog, but I can tell you that this little one was born to a student in our junior high ministry recently. As delicate a situation as this has been, the Lord has clearly put me in a position to minister there, no matter how hard I tried to avoid it. I'm sure you can imagine the wide range of emotions involved, none more elevated than my own. As circumstances played out recently, I found myself in the delivery room, watching this little life enter the world...a world not chosen by someone so innocent. What a day it was, on one hand full of feelings of resentment, wishing it was me delivering that baby and on the other, a day of obedience. I did not choose to be there, but the Lord has made it very clear that He put me there for a reason. I'm privilged to have witnessed that, humbled by the calling that is Travis' and mine. And yet, I'm human and I feel so inadaquate, like I have nothing to bring to the table, no wisdom of my own. But the Lord doesn't called the equipped, instead he promises to equip the called. So, in this season, it's clear I've been called. Please pray...not for me, the Lord has tenderly walked me through this without bitterness or regret. Pray for this precious little one, born into such brokeness and disorder...doesn't that just describe the world we're living in today? God is so faithful, our Protector and Provider, and we are trusting Him today to make a way where there seems to be no way. Life isn't easy, but God is good...