I opened my devotional from Proverbs 31 today and was met with the story of Abraham, Sarah and Hagar. And guess what…this is exactly what we have been talking about! God used this devotional today to remind me what Brad keeps taking me to in my past sessions. God sees me in my hard. He sees me when I speak out loud the hard truth that I’ve buried deep within. He sees me as I struggle with Tommis faith and my baptismal promises for Tommi. He is with me as we discover Tommis truths and needs. He sees me when I think I can’t continue down the path we are walking. He sees me, He loves me. He tells me that He is with me and He may not save me from my pain but He is walking this path with me.

As Kara Tippets said in her amazing book The Hardest Peace (I cannot recommend Karas book enough!)…Suffering is not the absence of Gods goodness because He’s present in our pain.

Thank you, God, for the life you have given me. For the love and light places. For the hard and dark places. Because through it all, I am learning to listen, I am strengthening my faith and I am growing closer to You.