Blessings in the trials

The past 24 hours have been quite eventful at our home.  Last night, Grace woke up several times in the night with her back hurting and about the time she finally went to sleep Cannon woke up and was violently ill the rest of the night and throughout the day.  Trying to keep Grace from being exposed to this stomach bug, we kept him on the second floor of our home and Grace stayed in her room downstairs.  Grace continues to require a great deal of attention and so I spent most of my time with her today and just kept going upstairs to check on Cannon.  I was so proud of him.  He never once demanded my attention but waited patiently for me to check on his needs, when I could break away from Grace. 

 

By evening time, Cannon was feeling a little better, thankfully.  I also was able to spend some alone time with Cannon this evening while Kevin spent some time with Grace.  I am hoping that Grace learned a lesson tonight as she had a hard time sharing me with Cannon, even though she had her daddy with her.  I talked with her and prayed with her explaining to her that she always had her mommy all to herself when she was sick but Cannon had to share mommy when he was sick.  I reminded her of what Paul told us in Phillipians 2:3 "Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves."  I know this is a hard concept for her to understand because most times it is hard for me to understand.  I pray that one day we will all understand this.  I am thankful that Cannon modeled this for us today.  I am so thankful for the man that God is shaping him into.  I know that much of this has happened due to the trials that our family has faced and therefore there are so many blessings in the hardships.

Thank you for your continued prayers for our family.

Much love to each of you,

Carrie