God's strength is made perfect in my weakness....

1 Corinthians 12:9-10
 ^"And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.  Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong."

I know I just posted yesterday, but had many people asking me different questions, so I thought I'd answer them here today....

First of all, I am going to change the name of this blog to "Fletcher Family Matters"... because family does matter and we talk about the things that matter to our family here. 

Also, For those of you asking if my kids can read this blog, the answer is yes. I have not made it a secret nor have I tried to hide it... they all have their own FB accounts and I'm sure if they wanted to, they could read this blog. JC has some learning disabilities and truly hates to read, so I doubt he would even want to read this and my other two.... well, they are old enough to know the truth and we are fairly open with them about these things. I would hope that it would be an encouragement to them as well. I am going to change the name though, because, although this blog does focus on my oldest son and his needs, it really is about our whole family :) So.... when you see the name change, that is why! 

Just a side note... I drove "A" to school this morning (she was sick yesterday) for the first time since JC has been gone. Our usual routine was taking A to school, then having 5-10 minutes or so with just JC to chat before dropping him off at school next. It really hit me hard this morning. I really missed that time with him...but was thankful to have my dogs with me on the ride and that it was such a beautiful morning!  I think I'll call him today while the rest of the family is at work and school, since he is on his spring break this week... then we can just take a few minutes to talk together with no interruptions (well at least on my side, lol!!!) 

Lastly, and probably most importantly.... for those of you stating that I am strong... the verse above is my response to you. I am NOT strong, in fact, I am probably one of the weakest people I know... but I do and will boast in my "infirmities" because it means that His strength is made perfect in my weakness! Wow! So all glory and honor and power and praise belong to Him alone. Please don't take this the wrong way... I know most of you are just being encouraging, but please stop saying I am strong and that  you could not do some of the things I have had to do.  I could not do some of the things that you have had to do in your life either! That is why God is in control and on the throne. If there's one thing thats happened with this move for JC to go to the therapeutic center, its certainly strengthened my faith and relationship with the Lord. I've always had a close relationship with Jesus and tried to walk in His ways, but in life, we have times when we are up and times when we are down....times when we fail, and times when we succeed... times where we've backslidden and  grateful times when He draws us closer to Him.  I love that song by Toby Mac where he sings about falling down and losing our way, but we get back up again.... its never too late to GET BACK UP AGAIN :) So.... if you've lost your way or maybe never found your way to Jesus.... it's never too late! Contact me if you want more information!