Benjamin's Story of God's Faithfulness

I posted on our family blog about my new "hobby", making books on-line. My first attempt at making a book came after I got word that Snapfish was giving away a free book. I jumped on, confirmed the information, and decided I wanted to make a book of Benjamin's journey. Obviously, he won't remember any of the things he went through, as we dealt with his cranio. I wanted him to have something tangible, something that contained some of my thoughts and prayer. A place where I could record some of the scripture I prayed over him. One place where I could record the song I sang to him while he was in PICU. I had toyed with the idea of putting it all in his scrapbook, but didn't want the whole cranio thing to be the main focus of his first year.

It was hard to put all those things in one place. It was hard to go through all the pictures again, and have the memories flood my thoughts again. I laughed, I cried, I prayed, praising God for how well Benjamin is now.

Finally, I was happy with the end product, and I went to order it, only to find out that I had missed the deadline for a free book by one day. I was so upset!! This wasn't just any book, this was my heart. But it was a month before Christmas, and I wasn't about to pay full price for something I didn't need.

Well, my Mom, being ever so sneaky, figured out how to get onto my Snapfish account, and ordered the book for me for Christmas! I was so excited! And it's beautiful. I love the way it all came together. It really meant to world to me, and I was so thankful that once again, my mom saw a need and met it for me.

So here's parts of Benjamin's story book.

the cover

One of my favorite pages, the grandparents with Benjamin.

Gotta love the helmet pictures!!!

And the verse that comforted me so much, the verse that I prayed over Benjamin, and the verse I claim for him... Psalm 71.

Though the book was really hard to put together, I'm thankful for this book. I'm thankful for the reminder of God's love, goodness, grace, peace and most of all, faithfulness. He took something so very scary, so very hard, and worked it for His glory and our good.

The last page of Benjamin's book says, "God is good all the time. All the time, God is good."

Amen, and amen!