Sometimes even butter doesn't make it better...

What I've learned this week is that there is no pain greater than watching your child suffer.  My son's first love and girlfriend of 3 years broke up with him last Friday.  The breakup was made even more tramatic by the circumstances that surrounded it.  I won't go in to detail, but let's just say  in one day he went from being on top of the world to losing all that was dear to him. There was nothing I could do except to remind him how much I loved him and to promise that one day he would be happy again.  It has definately been the hardest week of my life and unfortunately even butter couldn't make it better.  I've never felt so helpless and I knew there was no way I could handle this on my own so I turned immediately to God.  I literally fell to my knees and begged him to help Logan as well as me through this difficult time... it wasn't just once it was every day and sometimes every hour.  My family and friends have also been an amazing source of love, strength and support.  My son is still fragile but he is getting better and stronger each day.  Logan will be happy again and I have faith something good will come of something that was so bad.

This week in church, I've been asked to read the following scripture.  It never ceases to amaze me that God's words are not only perfect but they also perfectly timed. 

Lamentations 3:19-26
New Living Translations

The thought of my suffering and homelessness
is bitter beyond words.
I will never forget this awful time,
as I grieve over my loss.
Yet I still dare to hope
when I remember this:

The faithful over of the Lord never ends!
His mercies never cease.
Great is his faithfulness;
his mercies begin afresh each morning.
I say to myself, "The Lord is my inheritance;
therefore, I will hope in him!"

The Lord is good to those who depend on him,
to those who search for him.
So it is good to wait quietly
for salvation from the Lord.

Dear Lord thank you for giving us hope when our life seems hopeless.  Without you we would have nothing but with you we have everything.