The Duke Family

I was recently asked the question in my bible study, "does God give you more suffering than you can handle?". We all agreed that most people answer that with, "No!" or "of course not!". I know I heard many a time after we lost Jordan, "God will never give you more than you can handle". Well, that's not true, now is it? Oh my goodness. What a relief that was to hear. He DOES give us more suffering than we can handle. Not that I felt like I needed justification for feeling like Jordan's death was too much for me at first but man oh man that took a weight off my shoulders.
2 Corinthians 1:8-9 says "...we were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even life. Indeed, in our hearts we felt the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead."
As I sit here tonight, pondering what to write, I can't help but feel blessed. "Immensely blessed" as my facebook status states right now. We lost our son, yes. My heart will always ache for him but my heart is overflowing with the goodness of our Almighty God and all the wonderful things He has given us and the plans He has for us.