It's a phrase I use all the time now! My nephew, Jacob, has been home for a little over a week so now the challenges are just as great, just different! He is adjusting to his new environment, the living room of my brother and sister-in-laws apartment, and keeping everyone busy. JD loves to go see "Baby Jacob" and when he hears Jacob crying he has adopted the universal baby voice that everyone uses when talking to babies and says, "It's ok baby Jacob, don't cry!" It is the sweetest thing I hav
e heard and seen in my whole life! He wants to hold Jacob all the time, but Jacob's preference is that he doesn't like to be held very often so it's mostly when Jacob is asleep that anyone holds him, much less JD. I'm still involved in helping out with JD and meals and laundry a couple days a week while Daniel (my brother) goes up to Rome to work three days a week. This has made for several nights of interrupted sleep- hence the exhaustion.It's also been a theme in my life that God chooses the late hours to speak to me and show things about myself and Him. This has happened several times lately, including last night. It seems that going to sleep "on time" is less of a priority when God uses they laying awake hours to wash your soul with His presence. I'm constantly amazed at how patient He is with me. So often I choose to listen to others' opinions and trust in those rather than seeing His prioroties and plan for me. Yet He redirects me and in the prosses of convicting me show His gracious love and welcoming me back to His side. I'm reminded of something the apostle Paul wrote to the church in Philippi, "being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus." I'm so thankful that he doesn't give up on me!!!
