Giving it all to him....

Sometimes life just seems extremely overwhelming. We try our best to handle what ever is thrown our way, but sometimes it just does not work out. I love the quote "If God brings you to it, he will bring you through it." As of right now I feel as if parts of our life are crumbling right before our eyes. But I just have to pray that through prayer and trust in God that everything will work out.

On Thursday of last week, Lars was in a car accident and totaled the Toyota Tundra that he had had since college. It was a great truck and took many journeys with us. I just kept thinking that I don't care what happened to the truck, at least I could replace it, but if anything would have happened to Lars, I can't replace him. This was a very trying time for both of us. Lars and the other family were taken to the ER to get checked out and what a blessing to know that everyone is just fine. A few scrapes and bruises, but good overall. It was truly amazing that in such a terrible circumstance God could make sure that everyone was protected and safe.

In addition to the accident, Rusty, our dog that we have had since college, is facing his most challenging point in his life. Through a lot of research we have discovered that he most likely had a disease called Degenerative Myelopathy.... kind of like MS. He has been going down hill over the past several months and has gradually lost a lot of movement and sensation in his rear legs. He has good days and bad days and unfortunately there are more bad days than good here lately. It is one of the hardest things to do in life to see your "kid" go through such pain. In addition, it is hard to know that there is really nothing you can do to help when all you really want to do is take the pain away so there is no suffering anymore. As of today, Rusty has taken a pretty bad turn for the worst--he is lacking most stability on his rear legs and partial front leg as well. He also has lost partial control of his bodily functions. It just breaks my heart knowing that our baby is going through this. Some days he is so incoherent he does not even realize where he is or who we are. He begins to growl at us and then stops when he regains his bearings on where he is. All we can do is make sure he eats good and gets some exercise. I just pray that he is not in too much pain and that when it is his time God will take him so he does not have to suffer.

There are always times in our lives that we just can't carry the burdens that are laid upon us and we must give it all to God. We must trust that he knows what is best and that he can handle every situation. This is exactly what I feel we must do with life right now. God is always there for us no matter the situation or how difficult we think the situation might be. Just give it all to him!!!