It's Gonna Be Alright

Well, since my last post, a lot has happened here at the Courville House.  God has definitely blessed us with the birth of our sweet baby Joy and held us up as we got back to [the new] normal.

 The most recent event, however, was a trip to the emergency room for Faith Tuesday night.  She had fallen (while pretending to be a cowgirl--but I'll save that for a different blog) and cut her chin right below the dimple. The cut was deep and bleeding a lot, and my little girl was hurt and UPSET. I know it was the grace of God that prevented me from over-reacting, but we knew she needed medical attention. Jake was almost home from work, so my plan was to leave with Faith as soon as he got here. But, she said, "No, Mommy, I need Daddy to come, too." So, Jake and I loaded Faith up, got my mom to watch our younger two, and headed to the ER.  All we could really do besides pray and be by her was tell her, "It's gonna be alright; you're gonna be okay."At that moment, she couldn't really grasp the fact that everything would return to normal because it clearly wasn't alright. She was hurting and scared and more than a little worked up. Thank God, they were able to glue her chin together and we headed home.  Today, she's got a little "boo boo" but guess what, she is alright.

Aside from giving us something to write in her baby book, this experience taught me a few things, but it took me until Wednesday morning to really get what God was trying to say in all of it. I was driving to a doctor's appointment for Grace and Joy and singing along with a song by the McRaes called "Alright" (available on iTunes).  In the song it says:
IT'S GONNA BE ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT
EVERYTHING IS GONNA BE ALRIGHT
AS LONG AS GOD IS IN CONTROL OF MY LIFE
EVERYTHING IS GONNA BE ALRIGHT

(VERSE 1)
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE MAY BRING
SOMETIMES I'LL CRY AND SOMETIMES I'LL SING
FOR THE SAKE OF THE CAUSE I'LL HAVE TO STAND UP AND FIGHT
BUT IF GOD IS IN CONTROL EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE ALRIGHT

All of a sudden, everything kind of clicked, and two things stuck out to me about Tuesday night's events.

1. Faith wanted her Daddy to come with us to the hospital.
2. We were there to tell her "It's gonna be alright."

The Bible says in John 16:33,

"These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world."
We are going to have problems. We're going to make mistakes, and like Faith, fall down and be injured sometimes. If all we look at is the problem, we'll never ever walk in the peace and joy and victory that God intended for His people.  

But, as long as we're asking for our Heavenly Daddy to be with us, He will be there when life hurts us and knocks us down. And when the devil tries to make you focus on the problem remember that God overcame the world and has given us a promise that everything will be alright. Romans 8:28 says,

"And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose."

 I don't know what you all are going through right this minute, but I feel like God needs you to know that WHATEVER it is...whether it's "tribulation" or aggravation or just life, He has it under control. More than that, He wants to use it for your GOOD and it's part of His PURPOSE for our life!!

We just have to ask our Daddy to come with us and trust what He says because He says, "It's gonna be alright."

Love you all.

Amanda