A Test of Trust

Hey Friends and Family..

Well here I am... sitting on a bed at my grandma's house in sweet ol' Riverton, Illinois and I have finally decided to get a blog going!... It's been on my mind to get one started for quite sometime now. I realize it's a perfect way to keep you all posted on what is going on in mine and Daniel's life (since it is constantly always moving in different directions).

I'll start off by saying that this '09 baseball season has in no way started out the way we 'planned' it would. Although Daniel had a really great spring training and even got called up to 7 big league games, the Mariners minor-league is pretty stacked and Daniel wasn't able to secure a spot on the California High Desert team that we were hoping for. Starting back in Low-A (Clinton,Iowa) was upsetting for Daniel, but he stayed positive and remained hopeful that this would be the season for him to 'tear it up' and get going again. It started off rough when just after Daniel's first game, he ended up on the 7 day DL due to a strained groin. Then not too long after returning from the DL... he's back on it again as of this past Wednesday night after breaking his thumb on his right hand after he was hit by a pitch at the plate. (In case you're wondering: last year it was his left hand that he broke).

Unfortunately I haven't been able to see him yet since the break. He left with his team this past Monday for a 6 day road trip to Ohio and Michigan (which is a 7.5 hour drive from Clinton,IA) so we decided I would visit my grandma here in Illinois during this trip (which is only a 3 hour drive). But I can say that through our conversations on the phone, he is really remaining strong and trusting in the Lord. I am so proud of him! Of course it's still really hard for him (and me) and even discouraging at times. But it is truly a test of our faith and trust in God. I know this might make our journey a little harder and probably a little longer, but it is all for the Glory of God. And I'm so happy I can find HOPE in that! The Lord has already just been teaching and showing us so much through this.

How are we ever suppose to grow in our faith unless

we go through the tests and hardships?

2 Corinthians 12:9-10- "But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am WEAK, then I am STRONG.

We still do not know what exactly is going to happen or where we'll end up. His xrays have been sent to the Mariner's head DR in Seattle, so we should find out the verdict soon. And I'll be sure to post it on here once I know. But how great is it to know that we can find our hope in Jesus! And I know Daniel and I will only be stronger from this somehow.

And even though things haven't gone the way we 'planned' for it to go, we know God has a greater plan for us then we could have ever imagined.

Psalm 37:5- "Commit your way to the Lord, Trust also in Him, and He will do it."