We made it!

Yesterday at our friend's house we were looking at the passage in Deuteronomy 6 that talks about the greatest commandment: love God with everything you have. And one point that our friend made was the part right after the greatest commandment:

"When the LORD your God brings you into the land he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give you—a land with large, flourishing cities you did not build, houses filled with all kinds of good things you did not provide, wells you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant—then when you eat and are satisfied, be careful that you do not forget the LORD, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery."

God brought the Israelites out of slavery, like they were slaves to people and he brings them to this place that they did nothing to earn and gives it to them. It would be like taking someone out of a concentration camp and giving them a house and a job in the suburbs of America. I hope that's not a crude example, I think it's a fair one.

Now, this applies to my situation in a lot of ways. First, it puts our 'suffering' with Mary the first few months into perspective. That was not really suffering compared to what some people have gone through. But also, today as she was splashing and laughing in the bathtub it occurred to me that we made it through that. Ian and I constantly repeated to ourselves that it wouldn't last forever and it was true! I think even as I would say those words to myself I didn't really believe it.

So anyway, I felt the Lord rejoicing with me at that realization earlier and I wanted to remember him publicly. I wont forget the One who brought me through the crap of my life to redeem me and make me whole! At first I think we BOTH could still imagine our lives without her, and relish the thought. Now we are both at the point where we couldn't even imagine what life would be like without our little princess. Since God is love, we have him to thank for the change of heart ;)

ps - we have been LOVING this song lately: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J95rAr0gOFU