tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5645105390063604360.post5561820978372891691..comments2024-01-26T13:52:15.408-05:00Comments on Life After I "Dew": When God Shows UpShannon Dewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06532112640843820431noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5645105390063604360.post-23729883780613224412016-02-25T18:01:10.165-05:002016-02-25T18:01:10.165-05:00Absolutely! First, I am super excited to see how m...Absolutely! First, I am super excited to see how much your faith is growing and cannot wait to hear about your baptism! It is such a defining moment, and the profession your faith in front of a community of other followers is powerful. I am so excited for you and cannot wait to hear about it. Asking your MIL to be apart of the ceremony, I am sure, is just as special to her as it is to you. You are incredibly blessed to have that strong relationship with her as a mother, and N remembers her as being someone so strong in her faith. I absolutely adore the heck out of your MIL. As far as the "God showed up" moments, I am one who believes He was always there and never left. It is US who decide for whatever reason to move away or get closer to Him, but he is always there. To me, yes, he showed up but we finally gave recognition to His presence. My defining moments were with my miscarriage and what that experience taught me about Him. Although sad and heart broken for so long, I can now see His plan. Though I was broken, He taught me so much from that experience and will forever be grateful for the growth I experienced and continue to experience. N and I have been called to foster care and adopt, and it is ALL God working in our hearts to make those decisions. I have thought about being a foster care mom for years, and I have always wanted to adopt (long before D3 was born) and this is ALL God. He has seemed to open doors to the opportunities, have put people on my path to help me with those tough decisions, have connected me to the "right people", and most importantly, has changed N's views entirely. Those changes are God working in his heart to see things he was not able to see before. Finally, I think my husband and I are looking through the same lens. My friend lost her battle to breast cancer recently. I want to believe, "God showed up" in a huge way with the amount of love, kindness, and influence she had on thousands of people before, during, and even after her battle with breast cancer. He promised her eternal life as a dedicated and faithful servant to Him. She served Him in every way possible, even through her darkest moments, when most would have operated with so much anger and resentment. Through her face and her journey, God was there. She is now cancer free and restored in His arms, but I don't think God ever left to show up ... He was always and is always present. I am proud of you, Shannon, and I am looking forward to hearing about your baptism. Daxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10248795238466518284noreply@blogger.com