It Is Well

*** UPDATE! It is WELL! We received very good news this afternoon at about 12:00 p.m. We're told that Sabrina's doctor's appointment went very well this morning. The test for gestational diabetes came back negative, and a sonogram revealed that the baby's heartbeat is very strong. She is not dilated at all at this point, and the baby is in the correct position for delivery. She's right at about 36 weeks, and her due date is still August 24th. She was scheduled to have an ultrasound today, but the ultrasonographer was sick, so she'll go in for one next Tuesday to find out if it's a boy or a girl. ***

What if I woke up every morning and said, "Whatever this day holds, it is well."

I've been pondering that lately. A couple of weeks ago, I was reminded of an old message about a woman I had forgotten in the Old Testament. She isn't named, other than to say that she is the Shunammite woman. Elisha, a prophet of the Lord, was a frequent passerby in her village of Shunem. She knew that he was a man of God and prepared food for him and made a small upper room on the wall, putting a bed, table, chair and lampstand there for him. She showed hospitality to Elisha, such that he inquired what he could do for her.

It happened that she did not have children, and so Elisha told her that "about this time next year you shall embrace a son," and she did.

After going out to meet his father and the reapers in the fields, the little boy died of an ailment. Almost immediately, she left her house to "run to the man of God." It was neither the New Moon nor the Sabbath when most people sought the wisdom of the Lord through the prophets, but she went anyway on just an ordinary day and remarked to her husband, "It is well."

How many times in my distress or my grief do I turn to other sources of relief and fret and worry before I go to the Lord? I must tell you, many. My walk with Jesus has been full of wanderings and fears of this world, the temporal, along this journey. I hear "what if this" and "what if that" from the enemy as he tries to discourage my relationship with my Savior. How many times have I become an emotional heap and wallowed in my grief and questions instead of seeking a word from the Lord? Again, the answer would be many.

This recorded story of this woman of old reminds me to run to my Jesus first when I'm grieving and questioning. I'm reflecting on how many times I've sought peace from the world first and peace from Him second.

"It is well." Either way this adoption goes, I want to say, "It is well." My love for the Lord and His faithfulness to me is not dependent on my circumstances. I know that full well. The world is broken, not my relationship with my Heavenly Father. He has good planned for me and in the midst of my ugliness and my wanderings, He's been there.

He hasn't discarded me because I'm not worthy.

He is worthy.

He's not abandoned me because of my unfaithfulness.

He is faithful.

He's not forgotten this wayward daughter because I've forgotten to seek Him first.

He pursues me in the wilderness and lights my way, and He delights in me.

I want to remember the Shunammite woman and how she went back to the Elisha, the man of God, for a word from the Lord, how she ran to him seeking an answer. The rest of this wonderful recorded story can be found in 2 Kings 4:8-37.

This morning, I want to "saddle one of the donkeys and run to the man of God", who is Jesus, before the events of this day unfold.

Sabrina, our birthmother, has an appointment at 10:30 this morning. Likely, she will find out if she has gestational diabetes from the bloodwork drawn last week and she will supposedly have an ultrasound to check on the baby. She said she'll call me today with some news. News. A four letter word that can hold so much meaning.

Whatever she tells me, I want to say deep in my heart, "It is well." The Lord is with me, and He knows this unborn child, and He's aware of my human understanding and fear. He remembers that I'm dust. Help me be faithful today, Lord, and remind me of Your great love for me as I continue to travel and seek you.

It is well.

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