April is here, and it’s baby month for our family, which means we have both been furiously cleaning and reorganizing and writing and rewriting to-do lists to prepare to hibernate a bit. I know that’s not really a thing in the spring time, but it is with a newborn, especially after a c-section.

My husband recently asked our three-year-old if she thought her new baby brother would come out with dark hair like mommy, red hair like her, blonde hair like her other brother, or no hair like daddy. She voted no hair. So we shall see in a matter of days!

I love that the Lord has already decided this kid’s hair color, eye color, personality, and preferences. He’s written his life story. God knows the bumps and bends, the victories and defeats. He is a good Father and the Author and Creator.

I love that I can mimic a small part of God’s character traits as I write. I decide the bumps, bends, victories, and defeats for my characters. But I know, even as I write, that I will give them a happily ever after. For the believer in Christ, that is a reality. No matter what this world throws at us (because it is terribly broken and so are those of us living in it), we can trust that we know and serve a good God who has good plans for us and his glory that ultimately end in a happily ever after in heaven.

I’m thankful for that perspective as I plug away on edits and rewrites (to resume after I take a break to adjust to a new little love), and I’m thankful for that perspective for my kids, my husband, and for you and me, reader friend.

No matter what this month has in store, God’s got this!