there are so many things I want to say to you today, amy. so many words of encouragement, so many words of praise and admiration and respect.
your life has become very public, with eyes watching you and your family in a way they didn't just seven weeks ago. and as usual, you have handled it with grace and strength. the realness you share as you walk this path makes me admire you all the more. i love your heart, your faith, your longing to trust despite walking through something you don't understand. i love how you have brought your questions to God, our loving Father, and left them at His feet, knowing they don't scare Him or worry Him or shake Him. you challenge me to trust Him more, to cry out to Him more.
in these last few weeks, there has been one particular passage from the Bible that has made me think of you and Matt. It is from Exodus, after God's people escape from the Egyptians, after the Lord provides water and manna and meat, after water comes from the rock. Then Amalek came to fight against God's people, so a battle ensued. As Joshua and the men he chose fight against Amalek, Moses, Aaron and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
"So it came about when Moses held his hand up, that Israel prevailed, and when he let his hand down, Amalek prevailed. But Moses' hands were heavy. Then they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it; and Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on one side and one on the other. Thus his hands were steady until the sun set. So Joshua overwhelmed Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. Then the Lord said to Moses, 'Write this in a book as a memorial, and recite it to Joshua, that I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.' And Moses built an altar, and named it The Lord is My Banner." Exodus 17: 12-15
~~happy birthday, sweet friend. His banner over you is love.~~
***so many of you, friends and family and readers from afar, have become like Aaron and Hur, supporting Matt and Amy on all sides so they can be steady during this battle. i thought our kind words and birthday wishes today could be like the stone they put under Moses, like the supporting of his hands, to steady them in the midst of this battle, to show them in an OVERWHELMING fashion that they are not alone!
would you leave some love today in the form of a comment for our dear friend and birthday girl, amy? thank you so much!
