This post has been churning in me for months and knew that I wanted to write it and post it one day. I have been very open and honest about where I have been at the last few years, so some of what I write today may not be a surprise to anyone. Either way, I hope it brings help and healing and promise to some of you. Two years and ten months ago my husband and I had just got into bed. It wasn't very late...maybe around 10pm. Life had been busy...he had just flown in that morning. He was long distance commuting between Florida and North Carolina with his job. I had picked him up that morning in the Greenville, South Carolina airport and then we headed to a swim meet in the same town for our daughter, Esther. We were there most of the day...stopping at some stores before we headed back to our home in North Carolina. I hadn't talked to my mom in a few days, which was rare. I was super busy and she hadn't called me either. I called her, and she didn't answer.
When we bought our "log cabin" style house, we thought how lovely to use the fireplace for joyful evenings...cozy on the couch, looking longingly at the beautiful fire. And yes, we have done that often the past eight years. But today it had a new function. We have kept a fire all day in the fireplace to keep the living room warm for the day. It's not a great functioning fireplace that will heat up the house...but it has kept our main living area comfortable...and I haven't had to run the heat all day. This is our second cold winter...if we keep on getting these we might have to put a special piece in the fireplace that will actually heat up the house. We will have to see about that...not sure how long we will actually be here. God may have other things in mind...
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