“Mom, What am I going to do?”
Our 16 year old daughter called stranded, alone, and thousands of miles from home.
The day we found a place to rent up north and were trying to desperately, quickly snatch up and sign a contract so we would be able to move just 4 days later was turning into chaos.
The entire time she’d been gone on her humanitarian trip I’d felt like she’d left us with this incredible gift but little did I know that she’d been given something ahead of time that would prove to be life-changing for her and her resilience in life.
Trust in the Lord
We took an absolutely amazing trip to the mountains and on one particular evening we were caught off guard by this incredible glow of the most spectacular display of light. The next day we drove home and walked through 5 more homes trying so hard to find a place to buy as time was winding down to leave the home we’d sold.
Sometime that evening Peyton texted me before heading off to a friend’s house,
“Mom, you should read sister @bonniehcordon talk on Trusting the Lord, it seems important.”
I did.
And it was.
The next night I had Peyton share it with the family along with an invitation to adopt the 3 areas mentioned to increase our trust:
1. Have meaningful prayers
2. Study the scriptures
3. Serve others
We decided to do each one every single day for the summer as a way to show the Lord that we trust Him to lead us to where we are to go.
I thought it would help us focus and actively participate in “waiting” on a blessing.
And it did.
But I didn’t know that it was to teach her to be ready to face a trial all on her own at 16.
Delayed
Peyton served for 2 weeks on a humanitarian trip and continued our 3 areas of focus. The day she was to return I woke up frustrated that we hadn’t found a home, a prayer I’d begged for an answer to so that she wouldn’t return home to the mess of life.
You all know how that went down and I was aware that even though it was the last hour, which it often is, that the blessing was granted. Not the way we wanted but it felt guided and right.
And then my phone started going off.
Delay afte