Okay, i know this is hardly headline news - we pray together as a family every morning and just this year have seen a little girl raised from a coma, a grandpa who lost his legs but not his life, healthy babies after loss, and healing in so many ways.

We know God is faithful and we know He is in control

I wrote to one facebook friend about the recent events i've been blogging about

"...I feel at this point that i will say to them what is on my heart without worrying about anything else. Of course i love them both and they are the only parents i have.
prayer would be so appreciated - i have really felt the presence of God on our little family as we've absorbed this news - i'm preparing to talk to the children now that we are home from a family funeral this weekend.
...

. God can work a miracle, and He can do it fast.

And if He doesn't, i will still praise Him. He is in control, and i know He is faithful. He is where i am safe and loved and where my worth comes from. But i'm aching for nineteen grandchildren who will have the witness of their grandparents that divorce is an option, against ours that it is not.
please pray for a miracle. ..."

I did talk to each of the children, separately and privately, explaining very briefly and sketchily the situation, and emphasizing God's faithfulness and the opportunity to once again see His hand move.

And an hour later, i had emails from both my parents indicating  that a major shift had occured, that divorce was off the table where it should never have been anyway, and that they would be working toward not just staying together, but making it good.

World, humans and angels, bear witness to the faithfulness of my God!

This has gone from the worst Christmas ever to the greatest Christmas present i've ever been given, save the original Christmas present of Jesus, who is ever working on our behalf, interceding with the Father, and who heard my prayers every night and sent me every day indications that i should not give up hope, but should pray fervently, to trust that He is in control, that He knows what He is doing.

I am so grateful to God, and so thankful for parents who hear and listen and obey Him.  I'm so thankful that I do not have to witness this horrible scenario, and that my children do not have to see divorce as normal.

Praise God!

Two psalms were read at Great Opa Ernst's funeral that spoke comfort to me

Psalm 61

 1Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.

 2From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

 3For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.

 4I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah.

 5For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name.

 6Thou wilt prolong the king's life: and his years as many generations.

 7He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him.

 8So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may daily perform my vows.

Psalm 84

 1How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!

 2My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

 3Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.

 4Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.

 5Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.

 6Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.

 7They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.

 8O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.

 9Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.

 10For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

 11For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

 12O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.