4 Months
4 months…a blink of an eye and an eternity all in the same breath. So much has happened in the 4 months since our sweet girl entered the arms of her Heavenly Father. When I spoke at the celebration of life service and said “God is good, He is still on the throne, satan will not win and he messed with the wrong family”, I had no idea what God had in store for us. It has been four months of the greatest grief, anger, joy, celebration, laughter, tears, memories, family & community. It has been four months of God answering BIG prayers! In this season I have been challenged in my prayer life and been challenged to step WAY outside of my comfort zone. God is pushing me to pray for things that seem outrageous and to be bold in my faith. I’ve been asking God to move mountains. Guess what? We have been able to see some of those mountains move! Even in this season of purifying my faith, I still feel like my faith is as small as a mustard seed. I’m so thankful He can use my small faith to do big things!
“He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”-Matthew 17:20
Are there days where we just want to quit…probably at least once a day! BUT GOD. He has been so kind to send the perfect encouragement, story or memory at the perfect time. We have heard stories of people giving their hearts to Jesus because of this, people turning back to Him and getting back in church, people walking in forgiveness and freedom, and I am sure there are more stories we haven’t heard. We want Jesus name to be known to the ends of the earth. All of this hard journey will be so very worth it one day when we get to stand before God and see the ripple effects of this story.
Please don’t stop praying for us and checking on us. We still have really hard days ahead, more hard things we have to do. We are all still processing the trauma and it hits us all at different times. Pray for our kids…they are so strong and brave, but they are having to fight for their faith too. Pray for our marriage. We really are doing really well, but satan wants nothing more than to tear us apart. Pray that we hear with clarity and step only into what God is calling us to step into. Pray that God continues to do mind-blowing things with this…we want to see more people saved, more lives changed, more hearts softened, & more people walk in freedom.
If God has moved in your heart, we really would love to hear about it! Please send us a message and let us know about your story. Let us know how we can pray for you.
Help us share Aspen's story! Share a bracelet, share the website, share about her! We want to continue sending satan running back to Hell and wishing he had never messed with us!
God is Victor! He will reign forever!