March 11th, 2011. What a scary day that was! It's hard to believe a year has passed. It's hard to comprehend what it was like for those who were directly affected by the tsunami. I still get emotional when I see it on TV.
Last year, I kept thinking of that verse about being pregnant during the end times. "How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers!" (Matthew 24:19 and others). I was thankful that I didn't have the added stress and fear of the safety of my unborn child, especially amid rumors of radiation heading our way. I'm sure I would've found a way to cope had that been my circumstance, but all the same I was relieved.
Not that now everything is all hunky-dory, but things are certainly safer and more stable now than they were then.
I'm trusting God that He brought me here for a reason. I think it is no coincidence that I had just taken a short trip to the States the month before the disaster, giving me even more reason not to go back in March. I have yet to visit the devastated region, but I still think God has me here for a reason, even if it's nothing more but to live alongside those who are here. So, while He has me here, I am here until He says otherwise.
My husband is here, my life is here, and so my child will be born here. I'm trusting God that, even when I'm not sure if the government is telling us the whole truth about the effects of radiation here, God will not fail me. He is not cynical. He has plans to prosper me and my family, not to harm us. He has promised to give us a hope and a future. And so we will seek Him and find Him, though He is not far off.
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Pregnancy is a time where you constantly have to bring yourself back to trusting God with you baby. I always had so many worries over every little thing about the baby and always hearing God say, "Bri, give it back to me.."
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