God's goodness

Lately I have been thinking of a great gift among the many gifts that the Lord has granted me: my little two year old! There is a big gap between our little one and our two oldest daughters, I almost went into cardiac arrest while in labour and my precious angel almost suffered a stroke from the lack of oxygen. We are blessed to have her. Her name is Ruhamah (" one who has received compassion", from the book of Hosea), and we have experimented compassion just by the fact that He granted phisical and healthy life to both her and me. But I think the gift of God in giving us Ruhamah goes beyond that. While living a new adjustment, being in a new culture, new environment, ministry and type of life, this little girl is just such an encouragement. She is a constant reminder of the grace and compassion of the Almighty towards us. The way she hugs and kisses and demonstrates love to us is sweet. If she sees me sad I love her little voice asking me "what happen?" or "You ok?" I love listening to her singing "Jesus loves me," and "The B I B L E" while in the crib and ready to go to bed. I love her hugs and when she asks me to put her shoes on only so that she can act like she is being tickled! She is a small two year old full of joy and life, I honestly think that she is just a gift to me in these difficult days in a foreign country so that she can put a smile on my face by reminding me of the goodness of God. 

There can be difficult situations in life, and one way to handle them is by looking at the blessings that he Lord has given us. 

        "Come, thou Fount of every blessing, 
 tune my heart to sing thy grace; 
 streams of mercy, never ceasing, 
 call for songs of loudest praise. 
 Teach me some melodious sonnet, 
 sung by flaming tongues above. 
 Praise the mount! I'm fixed upon it, 
 mount of thy redeeming love. "