The emotional and physical exhaustion was too much to bear. With a heavy head and arms hanging lifeless at my sides, I finally yielded and let my eyes close. For a brief moment in me there was dark nothingness. It felt so good. It was a glorious peace. Then as if some internal alarm within me began to ring out, I jerked myself awake. As I grasped for consciousness, my left arm reached toward the floor next to where I was slouched.

My wee toddler lay on a stinky suitcase covered with her favorite blanket. She moved her sweaty head to one side and whined every so quietly. I swatted at the malaria ridden mosquitoes that buzzed about her damp hair. I checked her pulse and whispered for the hundredth time, “please Lord.” I flicked a millipede that had crawled up along one side of the suitcase she was laying on. Emotions rose, I could feel myself getting angrier as I reminisced over the events that had transpired during the days that led up to this moment. I verbalized my protests to a cruel world. It wasn’t fair.

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Stasia is mother to six beautiful children and wife to a dedicated, loving husband.  They have served as a family together on the mission field on four continents for nearly 30 years.  Stasia’s passion is to share in true colors the grace of God in her life.  You can read more about her and the ministry of the Women’s Bible Cafe here.  If this article has blessed you in any small way, please consider showing your support by clicking subscribe in the upper right corner.  Copyright© 2015 Stasia Nielsen All Rights Reserved