Grace Is All I Need

Up until this past year (you know, the one where I had 3 miscarriages in one calendar year) yeah, up until then... I could have literally counted on one hand, the number of times in my life I can remember having had ANY lab work drawn. Seriously. In the past year, I have sat in this chair at LEAST 20 times. The usual draws were like one, maybe two labs at time. Not a big deal at all. And really, today was no big deal (mainly because of the totally rockin' phlebotomist). Well, have yourself three miscarriages in a row and you get what you see below. One of the girls in the office was helping the sweet (and phenomenal) phlebotomist get all my vials and paperwork that went with them ready. I heard her say, "Yeah, all 16 or 17 of them".  I laughed, I thought she was kidding. The phlebotomist didn't wanna tell me how many tubes of blood she was drawing when I asked her, but she said since I was nurse she'd tell me, there were 16 tubes to collect. My response? "At least it's not 20!!" :) "Spoken like a true medical professional", she said. Well, in the medical world you know it can always be worse.

 This week/month/season of life I am working on thanking God, truly thanking Him, for my losses. Paul tells us to rejoice in our weaknesses. I have come across 2 Corinthians 12 so many times the past week (it was even randomly text to me, thank you, Stephanie) it says...

"Three different times I begged the Lord to take it away. ⁹ Each time he said, “My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.” So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me. ¹⁰ That’s why I take pleasure in my weaknesses, and in the insults, hardships, persecutions, and troubles that I suffer for Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong."

God will use this time in my life for a reason. Of that, I am certain. Still a little (or a lot) foggy and confusing. But deep down, I know.

I am praying that an answers lies within one of those tubes!! Will you pray with me?