I believe we are given many challenges in life.  Some breeze right through them.  Others have a hard time dealing with them.  I think that by God’s grace we have the ability to handle each challenge.  The Bible tells us that He will not give us more than we can bear.

We were blessed with a precious daughter.  She was healthy at birth.  She weighed close to ten pounds!  I never expected something so beautiful could be our daily challenge. 

At about 6 months she was diagnosed with food allergies.  Eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, and a slight beef allergy.  We were devastated.  I cried for days.  What was I going to do?  How could I feed her?  I was full of questions that I had no idea where I was going to get the answers. 

I soon realized that God would give us the answers.  After many hospital and doctor visits, I handed my challenge back to God.  I asked for His guidance, after all He was the one put it on us and He did say that I could handle it.  God wanted me to look to Him.  He wanted me to say, ”OK, God, I need you now.  I need Your help.”  That was my challenge- to not rely on books, Internet, and magazines, but instead rely on Him to take us through the daily challenges. 

Today we are still faced with Abbey’s allergies.  I won’t say it’s easy.  I will say, that we have dealt with this a lot better than I ever thought we would.   We have learned to cook without eggs, read ingredient list, and speak up if we think someone is around her with something she doesn’t need.  Six years ago, I would never have imagined that we could do all that!  I just thank God daily that we only deal with the few allergies she has.