In Weakness I will be made Strong

Hey there everyone! I was going to post yesterday but don't you know it...I got the stomach flu! And even though I was only laying around all day and doing nothing I didn't have the strength to even type out a blog entry! I hate feeling weak! And I hate feeling sick...let's just get that out there as well! But today is a much better day and so here I am. Being sick yesterday got me to thinking about what I would write today. It brought be back to the verses our pastor shared with us on Sunday. It hit me then but I think it hit me even more yesterday. Here they are:

To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surprisingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weakness, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weakness, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

2 Corinthians 12:7-10

Weakness...no one wants to have it. We all want to be strong...we all want to be the best that we can be. We don't want to let on that we are feeling weak or inadequate...and we don't want to let on that we can't do something. Well let me be honest with you. I am weak. The only reason that I am doing so well is that God is giving me this super-natural strength to help me. Because of Him I am surviving this great loss. Without Him I know that I would be a mess. I went back to work this week. I know that without God in my life, I would not have. I hear of people not being able to get out of bed. I do...everyday. I get in the shower...I do my hair...I put on my makeup (well almost everyday...I splurge on my foundation and I was running low so I wanted to conserve my supply until I could get to Macy's and get more...I got it...I now put on my makeup everyday!)...and I get on with my day. My days are hard, filled with a lot of memories and tears that come real easy. Sunday was hard...I was on the verge of tears all day. And Jon was also in a funk that day too so it didn't help. We are a hurting couple. But through this all...through our weakness...God is making us stronger. He is shaping us to be the people He wants us to be! So I can totally relate to this verse right now...when I am weak, then I am strong...because of Him! It's in His Good Book so I know it's true! Well I know that I haven't shared many pictures of the boys with you so I'd like to today. I hope you enjoy them!

Our family picture...Owen is closest to Jon and poor little Cooper's face is getting covered...but like someone told me...that's how baby's are! This picture kind of shows you just how little they really were!

This is Owen...he definitely had the longer of the two heads....Cooper's was more round. But both of them were definitely Feldman's! They both had the Feldman lips!

This is little Cooper. I had these picture of both of the boys because I wanted to remember how little their ears were! I know...kind of silly...but they are some of my favorite pictures of them. They look so peaceful! But they should...they were being cradled by Jesus when these pictures were taken!