Croup at the Noll House

It's currently 8:25 a.m.
Camden is fed and is now napping.
I have exercised and read my Bible.
Kyle got breakfast, his lunch and left for work.
Caleb & Kendrick have clean diapers and have eaten breakfast.
I just finished my breakfast.
Kendrick & Caleb are playing happily.

Therefore . . . I get to blog :)

We've had an interesting week here at the Noll house. God decided to allow us to get sick, and I had no idea how crazy that would be with an additional child. Never really thought about it before, but now I know. It started last Friday and we are still recovering. Kendrick had croup, and Camden had an upper respiratory infection. I've had a cold, and since I'm nursing, no drugs for me. What a week . . . snotty noses, coughing fits, diarrhea, getting puked on more than I can count, green poo, irregular eating habits, no sleep . . . sigh . . . this has caused me to be much more grateful that my children are usually healthy. Praise God for that!

Early Sunday morning I was attempting to nurse Camden - praying he would keep some of the milk down so he wouldn't get dehydrated. I hadn't slept much and was weary, and I was trying to figure out how Kyle & I could fulfill our responsibilities at church that morning with our 2 boys being sick. As I was sitting there reading my Bible, this is what I read:

"Have you not know?
Have you not heard?
The everlasting God, the LORD,
The Creator of the ends of the earth,
Neither faints nor is weary.
His understanding is unsearchable.
He gives power to the weak,
And to those who have no might He increases strength.
Even the youths shall faint and be weary,
And the young men shall utterly fall,
But those who wait on the LORD
Shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
They shall run and not be weary,
They shall walk and not faint."

Wow. How awesome. I was so overwhelmed with emotion, tiredness and gratefulness to God for these truths that I just cried. How good God was to allow me to read this passage in Isaiah. These truths are what has gotten me through the past week. God is good. He is the everlasting Creator. He has designed my circumstances for my good and His glory. Of course I will grow weary and faint, but He will not. That is the whole point. I need Him. I am nothing on my own. I can only find strength in Him. Any strength that I have is because of Him. I am so grateful He allowed us to be sick this last week. I needed to be reminded of these truths. Those who wait on the LORD will renew their strength. Thank You, Lord, for teaching me again to wait on You.