Yes I am the wife that gives my husband a hard time about video taping but I find myself grateful and wishing he had gotten more. But thankfully He captured moments that I have no recollection of. Times of laughter and play with those two precious babes I thought I had missed. It was also a little funny because we remember Judah, our oldest, speaking so clearly and in full sentences at two. Well I am not sure when we stopped being bilingual but he was definitely not speaking English at two.
These videos served as a reminder that our boys, just like us are a work in progress and we are all in the fire being refined at different times. There is not a time in life that is not faced with change and molding if we are a child of the One True God. He takes us into his arms and begins to form us into the vessels we are to be. What a blessing. Here I was thinking I had lost all of this time with my boys and God reminded me that his grace was there. His joy filled my babies. Even in the mist of sorrow and loss God provided sweet memories for my boys with a mom who smiled even when she didn't remember.
I know life situations can be hard and they tend to weigh so heavy on our hearts as we go through them but once again I hear the Lord saying "I've got this, hold onto me and trust that my love and joy live in you." Nothing we go through and endure can cover the joy of the Lord. Nothing.
