"When saying yes doesn't make sense"... a guest post

I've prayed all along that this blog would be real...  A safe place where we can forget all the fluff and the small talk, and just be honest that life can be really hard but we have a Father who is good and offers us hope...  A tiny little corner in the huge home of the Internet that speaks to a woman out there in need of some encouragement... that life may not make sense to us, but we are held by Someone greater who is writing a far bigger story than we can see.

 Remember this book?

Throughout it is a wake up call to say "yes" to God's call, no matter what that may look like now or in the future. Today, over on Kristen's blog, I've been blessed with the opportunity to share a little of my difficult story of saying "yes" when it doesn't make much sense:

Sometimes saying “yes” doesn’t make sense.

At 26 years old, I was blessed beyond measure as I walked down the aisle to say “I do” to my high school crush. It had taken almost 10 years after graduation and the Lord orchestrating a lot of events for us to reconnect, but in June 2004, we began on an exciting journey of life and ministry together. We were blessed shortly after with two beautiful children, but then got the scary news no one wants to hear at the beginning of another pregnancy: “Your husband has a cancerous eye tumor..."

Head over to the We Are That Family blog to to read the full post, and be sure to pick up a copy of Rhinestone Jesus if you haven't yet!