; but God

Merry Christmas!

It's rainy, it's Christmas...BUT at least it isn't snow (may not be everyone's sentiment, but that white stuff and the cold is not for me)!

Enough about that "s" word, let's focus on the BUT!  I wanted to share a quick post because I received a beautiful gift from my husband, and it's captivating my thoughts this afternoon.  Dan gave me a semi-colon necklace that says, "; but God" on it.  A small card that came with the necklace says,

"A semicolon represents a sentence that could have ended but instead goes on. ";but God" is a reminder of the hope you have in Jesus.  He is the Author of your life, your name is written on His heart.  Trust in Him, He is writing your story."

I am so thankful He is the author of my story.  I don't know what is coming in 2022.  I know my family is hoping and praying it brings a little girl from China who has a place in our hearts to our home and family forever.  We don't have any updates, no new information from China, no plans to travel, BUT God...He is writing our story.  So we will "fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith" (Heb 12:2).  

Why?  Because our hope isn't in these circumstances, BUT God...


For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

– Romans 6:23

When they had carried out all that was written about him, they took him down from the cross and laid him in a tomb. But God raised him from the dead . . .

– Acts 13:29-30

My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

– Psalm 73:26

You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.

– Genesis 50:20

Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.

– Matthew 19:26

For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will hardly die for a righteous man; though perhaps for the good man someone would dare even to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

– Romans 5:6-8






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