Looking Back

This showed up in my Facebook "memories" Monday.
Made me chuckle.

No Kidding. I'm having a "moment" with Joshua and as he stomps off, I open the journal in my hand and my eyes fall on these words: "God, I love Joshua so much. I do. Yet I am so frustrated by his attitude right now."
Yep. I've been here before.
And God has a sense of humor!

Yes, this was the scene on January 29, 2010.
Josh - freshly 12 years old, me - revisiting old times, wondering how I was going to make it through the teen years.
Now he's 20. Rarely stomps off anymore. I guess that's because we don't have very many "moments" these days. I don't remember when in the past 8 years our "moments" started to dwindle, but I do remember a time when I didn't believe they ever would begin to go away.
Yet, here we are.

Eight years ago I was looking back and noticing God's humor - which got me through a difficult moment. Today I am looking back and noticing His faithfulness - which has brought me through some really tough years.
Ahhhh, my friend, keep holding onto Him. The wait may be long, and you may feel like giving up. I get it! But keep holding on. Because HE is going to bring you through.