After months of anticipation, the day is fast approaching. The day we say goodbye to Little Bit. She has changed our lives over the last 7 months. She has grown us, stretched us, blessed us abundantly. She has taught me about Jesus and revealed to me more of His heart. She has shown me the abundant peace and life that comes through being obedient to him—even if you know it might hurt. Isn’t that was Jesus calls us to after all?
Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it." Matthew 16:24,25
God has been so faithful to us—so faithful and so good—through this who process. These last two weeks (really, two months)—thinking she could go any day and then having to wait and wait and not know have been so hard. But it made me truly have to wait on the Lord. To seek His face first. To want His presence and His fellowship more than I wanted anything else out of the situation. And he is so faithful to give Himself.
So as I go about my last day before she leaves, my heart is full. Full of love; full of concern; full of sadness. But full of peace. And full of faith that the One who has led us down this road will be faithful to us and to Little Bit all the days of our lives. He is good. And I trust Him.
Our soul waits for the Lord; he is our help and our shield. For our heart is glad in him, because we trust in his holy name. Ps 33:20, 21
We love you, sweet girl. We always will.