Happy Birthday, Baby Pruitt!

Another year.......Wow. It's hard to believe it's now been 6 years. I've been singing a song all day that we sang at camp last week. "I Lift My Hands" by Chris Tomlin. It begins like this:

"Be still, there is a Healer.......His mercy, it is unfailing.....

I lift my hands to believe again, You are my refuge, You are my strength,

As I pour out my heart, these things I remember, You are faithful, God, forever."

I think it's pretty fitting for today. We sang it last week on the night Louie spoke of there being dark days in this story that God has put us in. One thing he said was "your worst day was going to be your best day." This was in context of the thief on the cross who believed Jesus was Who He said He was. Those few hours of agony would bring him to a "doorway where Christ's wounds would bring healing." He went on to say that "the cross is the concrete you stand on when the sky turns black" in our lives.

I can say that with confidence, six years out. It is because of the cross that there is any hope at all.Maybe I would have said it 1 or 2 years out- yeah, I would have. But even then, I wouldn't have known it like I do now, or even like I will as time goes on.

My favorite line of the song above is the chorus. "As I pour out my heart, these things I remember...." It reminds me of my Lamentations verses. "I remember it all, oh how well I remember, the feeling of hitting the bottom. But there's one other thing I remember, and remembering, I keep a grip on HOPE. God's loyal love couldn't run out, his merciful love could't have dried up, they're created new every morning." Lam. 3:19-23

When I pour out my heart that can still sometimes be full of pain, I do remember. I remember how God was so gracious to us in so many ways, one of which is just allowing Pruitt to be born, and live with us for 33 days, when doctors had said at one time that may never happen. Yes, He is faithful forever, He is a Healer. I do lift up my hands to Him for He has been my strength. His mercies are unfailing, new everyday.

Thank You Lord, for blessing us with Pruitt!