One week from today is a VERY special day in our house. It will be the first time we get to celebrate Little Matheny's birthday with him! Probably the first time he's ever celebrated it at all.
But, it is also a day that has been bringing me to tears since December. This day is HARD. It's the anniversary of the day he was abandoned, the day Satan fought for his life, a day that should have been love but was pain. It's the day I KNOW the spiritual battle is REAL because it cost my son his eyes. It's a day that tears at my heart. This is the day, more than any other day, that I feel the wounds of this War.
But, it is also a day that has been bringing me to tears since December. This day is HARD. It's the anniversary of the day he was abandoned, the day Satan fought for his life, a day that should have been love but was pain. It's the day I KNOW the spiritual battle is REAL because it cost my son his eyes. It's a day that tears at my heart. This is the day, more than any other day, that I feel the wounds of this War.
BUT, it was also the day God won and our precious boy was rescued.
So, especially on his first birthday home, I want to acknowledge all of it. I don't just want to grieve, though, I want to fight back! I want the enemy to be sorry he ever messed with one of ours. We are going on the offensive.
So, especially on his first birthday home, I want to acknowledge all of it. I don't just want to grieve, though, I want to fight back! I want the enemy to be sorry he ever messed with one of ours. We are going on the offensive.
If you've been encouraged by his story, I am inviting you to join us in taking Christ's extravagant love into strongholds of darkness next week. In honor of each of the birthdays he spent alone and uncelebrated, we are going to have a day of extravagant love. More details will come Monday, but I hope that you'll get angry with me at the injustice in his little life and get excited with me about a God whose love never fails.
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