God is in Control, Always!!

   This  has been a very  interesting week, but a wonderful one.  My husbands pastor's wife took me out to lunch this past Monday.  Yes, my husband goes to one church and I go to another.  It works!  Well, anyways what a wonderful time we had together.  What a blessing it was!!  Before we left our luncheon she handed me a gift bag which contained four very special gifts that just touched my heart so deeply.  One of the gifts was a Steven Curtis Chapman CD.  Back in 2008 he lost his adopted daughter to an accident.  The songs on the CD have truly touched me.  He sings about God being in control and trusting in Him, even through loosing a child.  What a beautiful testimony he has.  On the same note I met the parents of the young man that sang with my boys at Alana's funeral last night.  They have been wanting to talk with us for awhile, but was waiting for the Lord's timing.  Last night was God's timing.  They both let us know that they have been praying for us and that they understood our pain.  Many years ago this family has lost their two precious little girls in a house fire.  All of this was not be accident this week.  God has brought us together to encourage each other and to share how good God is.  What a blessing!!

   Well, my daughter is gearing up to compete next Thursday in NH for her vocal solos, choir and small vocal ensemble.  We are so looking forward to hearing her sing.  She will be singing at Truth Baptist Church tomorrow(my church) morning.  This is her sacred piece that she will be singing.  She also has an opera piece that is in Italian that she will be singing when she competes next week.  Please pray that she stays healthy.

   Alana's birthday is coming up on the 26th of this month.  I would like to start some type of charity in her name.  God has impressed on my heart to give a birthday gift on her birthday to a child who is sick. I would like to do this every year on her birthday.  Right now I am trying to figure out how to do this and what I can name the charity.  I think about it all the time but just don't know how to go about it.  If any has a suggestion or has a name for the charity please share it with me.  Maybe the name can simply be "Alana's Gift", I'm just not sure.

I'd like to leave these verses with you and to continue to let you know that, God is good.

I am still confident of this: I will see the

goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.

Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart  and

wait for the Lord.

Psalms 27:13-14

Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed

is the man who takes refuge in him.

Psalms 34:8