“With God all things are possible.” Mark 10:27
Maybe I sound
like a broken record in this blog, but I guess I simply have to keep reminding
myself of this one fact: with God, ALL things are possible. There are many questions swirling about in my
mind lately, so many that writing has not come easy to me. I wanted to sit down and blog, but my mind
was blank except for my questions. What
if? What happens when? Will everything
be okay? What will happen if things are not okay? How will we work this out as a family? How will I handle these future plans and
changes in our life? You see, I’m facing
the challenge of letting go as one of my children may move back to the states
with his dad this summer. He’s never lived in the states and is only eleven, so
he really has no idea what it’s like to live there nor the challenges he will
face with this transition to a brand new life. His father is recently divorced again
and now a single dad with a full time job who has not lived in the states for
over 16 years. AND his mom, step-dad, and little brother will remain living on
an island 6,000 miles away from him indefinitely. So, what if he has trouble
adjusting to his new life? What happens
when something goes wrong or he wants to come back to his island home? How will
we work out time for him and his little brother to see each other? How will we
work out visitation with the parent who is away from their child? How will I
feel once my baby has left the only place he’s ever known as home, and I am
still here? I don’t have the answers to
any of these questions right now. Many of them will have to be answered along
the way and may take years to fully resolve, so what can I do but trust. Trust
God. Trust that everything REALLY IS POSSIBLE with Him. I have to lay it all down before him and LET
IT GO. “If you love somebody, set them
free” as the Sting song says. This goes for
not only my son, letting him go because that is what he wants, and he needs to
experience life for himself in order to understand it better and find his place
of peace in the world, but it also goes for God. I love God, so I need to set
Him free to do His work, which means not holding onto anything that He is
asking me to let go of.
2 comments:
I'm sure that everything will be ok. I know it will be difficult to let him go. Yes, all things are possible, and as I'm going through a dificult time also, we must remember it's also a faith walk too. I'll keep you in my prayers!! Blessings.
Thank you, Marcos! You're in my prayers also. Love and Hugs to you.
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