When Your Day Takes a Turn...

do you ever have days that take a completely different turn than you had planned?
of course you do. we all do.

well, today i was planning on a flurry of watching some extra littles and trying to pull life together to head out of dodge with my man for the weekend...

and then i got the call.

we have some students we have been working with for the past several months.
these students are faced with more struggles in their 16 or so years than most of us have experienced in 30+.

i have a few teen moms that have stolen my heart. i am so very proud of the choices they have made in their lives. for one, they chose life. LIFE. and by doing so, they knew that their own would become more complicated. they also are choosing to finish high school. even though the demands on their life make it almost impossible.

so. proud.

but it wears on them. the pressures...

and today those pressures seemed like too much to one of them.

kevin called me to let me know that one of the girls was in the hospital. i won't share her details, but she felt alone and without options. thankfully, she was given a moment of clarity in her chaos and called someone who brought her to the hospital.

on the way to the hospital i prayed for wisdom...for His presence to be felt. actually...I don't know that i know what i prayed for...but i prayed.

and walking into her room...i was overcome with compassion.

she talked. i listened. i talked. she listened. we prayed. we listened to this song.

i had already been listening to it all morning. being completely blessed by the Lord's words to me...and to her.

He knew what He was getting into when chose us. He is not shocked by our weakness or sin or brokenness. He still wants us. He is the only One who can see the end from the beginning. Only He can see where this is going. He sees in us the seeds of love and strength.

when all we can see is the moment that we are hurting and aching...He sees more. He sees beyond. i needed to hear that. she needed to hear that.

if you think of her...please pray for her. she is a young mama with so much stacked against her. pray that she will not give up. that she will place her and her baby's lives in His hands...and that she will trust and know that it is going to be alright...that with Him, it is going to be okay.