A Letter to My Friend

Ever since we got off the phone yesterday, I have had an ever present nagging on my soul...kinda like when a two year old relentlessly pulls at her mama's shirt...pulling and grabbing...pulling and grabbing until full and focused attention is given to her.

I am so sorry for the hormonal hell your going through right now.  There really is no other set of words that so accurately describes the battle some women face with this ever-oppressive, ever-present, postpartum hormonal chaos that ensues after a baby is born. 

There is a lot about life that I don't know. I don't know why some women suffer and some women don't.  I don't know why some women have the first weeks, months even years with their children stolen from them or why some women don't.  I wish I knew the answers.  Oh, how I wish I knew.

But for today, here is what I do know. YOUR God LOVES you.  Your God takes great delight in you.  Your God created you for HIS glory.  And no artist creates a masterpiece and then destroys it.  He protects it, he covers it and he makes plans to complete it.  Your God is mighty to save. And save he will. 

I am so thankful that you and I don't have to wonder HOW to heal you.  God knows.  God knows how to rescue you.  We don't have to wonder about the "how" or the "when" of your healing.

We don't have to wonder if you are taking the right steps or if you are using the right words when speaking to the doctors.  God already knows the path to healing and he is working on it right now.  We only  need to make sure we walk through every open door he offers.  And walk you will.

Your God is in the business of healing. He is in the business of turning tables.  He causes all things to work for good.  He is in the business of taking what was meant for harm and turning it into a blessing. And blessed you will be.

After we got off the phone yesterday I had this nagging feeling that these are the words I should have shared with you.  Sometimes my oh so passionate affection for coming up with a "plan" can sometimes over shadow the truth of what I know about God. But never fear, God is always consistent and persistent.  He nagged at me all day, putting you on my heart and repeating the words he really wanted me to share. So share I did and share I will!

Here is one of the many verses that I have clung to in my most desperate minutes:
But now, this is what the Lord says-
he who created you, O Jacob,
he who formed you, O Israel.
Fear not, for I have redeemed you:
I have summond you by name, you are mine.
When you pass through the waters,
I will be with you;
and when you pass through the rivers,
they will not sweep over you.
When you walk through the fire,
you will not be burned;
the flames will not set you ablaze.
Isaiah 43:1-2

You are loved sister!  Keep up the fight and I can't wait until God restores to you every minute you have lost.  His promises are good, I am living proof.  And living proof YOU will be.