Carrie fights lies by pouring out her heart to the Lord and letting Him lift her gaze to Christ.

Here's the 2nd half of the journal entry that I mentioned in this episode's closing thought:
Scripture on which to think when I find myself in the following situations:
1. When I miss my “old life” and feel overwhelmed or discontent with my current circumstance, I can remember...

Romans 8:28-32 

Luke 11:9-12 

James 1:2-4 

2 Corinthians 4:7-12 

Hebrews 13:5-6 


2. When JH is screaming non-stop or interrupts my time in the Word or with Nick, I can remember...

Luke 6:27-36 


He is kind to the ungrateful (that’s me!) - Ephesians 2:1-10, Romans 5:8


John 12:24-26 

Luke 9:23-25

Matthew 20:26-28 

2 Corinthians 5:14-15 

Philippians 4:6-7


3. I’m going to begin to allow JH’s cries remind and compel me to cry aloud to God for help for him and for me. I’m going to remember...

Psalm 50:17

Psalm 18:6 

Psalm 34:15

Psalm 40:1-5 

Psalm 57:2 

Psalm 86:3 

Psalm 88:1 

Psalm 119:147

Psalm 145:19 


4. I’m going to remember that God hears the cries of His people, and He not only hears but He also has a plan of action to comfort and help in HIS way and HIS timing...

Exodus 2:23

Psalm 105:16-19 


5. When I “mess up” and become irritable, impatient, or ungrateful this usually leads to feeling guilty and condemning myself. When I’m tempted to do this, I can remember: Romans 8:1-2 “There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.”
 
6. Children are a gift because…

They are arrows in the hands of a warrior given by God. I have been given a tool/weapon to train up and use in this fight for God’s glory. (Psalm 127:3-5 Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one’s youth. Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.”)

Through the trials that come with raising a child, I am being sanctified and learning to die to self in ways that I would never have learned otherwise.

I have been given little messengers/mouthpieces who can pass on the stories of God’s faithfulness to the next generation (Psalm 78:4-7 “…tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might, and the wonders that he has done. He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers to teach to their children, that the next generation might know them, the children yet unborn, and arise and tell them to their children, so that they should set their hope in God and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments; and that they should not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation whose heart was not steadfast, whose spirit was not faithful to God.”)

The lie: God is withholding something good from you (Genesis 3:4-5)
The truth: God, in love, gives you all things and withholds nothing that is good from you! (Romans 8:32, Psalm 84:11)

Season 2: This season of “Tell of His Goodness” takes you on a journey with your host, Carrie Stafford, as she retells her story of their child's diagnosis and first few months of life with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS). As she shares pieces of their story through her journals and letters to her son, our prayer is that you will join Carrie in proclaiming that even in the midst of our trials, God is good.

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