Seeing a glimmer of Hope....

For over a year now I have been hanging on for dear life to the hope that God would work in my daughters life. She has overcome some hurdles and I am so proud of her, but her staying up all night has had my husband and I concerned. We have not liked the thought of her up all night...nothing good came of the night hours as far as what I remember from my own life. Despite concerns I gave them to God, because I knew and still know that God will lead her and because if its his leading it will become more personal and develop a relationship between the two of them-which ultimately "that" is deep in my heart. We have talked with her many times so she knows how we feel on the subject. I have learned in other situations with her that she has to find out for herself. I have been seeing some days where she is trying to switch her sleeping schedule around and I still hold on to the hope that it will come around.
In the meantime I have seen a beautiful glimmer within the nightfall. It is a glimmer of true talent and as I have always been for myself, my daughter does the same and thinks there is much better talent out there, but it has shown me that I need to acknowledge my talent and not compare it with others...we are our own worst critic aren't we??  
A while back she was constantly looking at dresses...something I did notice, but what I did not know is that she started drawing wedding dresses, of her own tastes and designs, in her Microsoft paint program. She also loves doing her eye makeup and has been talking for months about wanting to be a makeup artist. I have seen some of the pictures she has been taking of her face at night of the various looks she has been completing. I also am aware of some music she had written during a tough time in her life...not all of it has words I am happy with or is my style, but I do have a couple favorites and her step sister sang them and produced them on CD for her. I have told her that God will show her how to write music for him-that is another hope I hang onto for dear life. A couple weeks ago I was taken by surprise and was shown more of her drawings and on Sunday she showed all of them to my parents, my husband, and I.
She started working on a blog yesterday and put her dresses up there. She does not want me showing everybody, but this mom is so proud. Working with websites in the past I have learned making an entry does not mean thousands of people are going to suddenly catch on and see the page. What I do know is that it allows God to move the people who do need or would be interested in seeing the page...to come across it. So now my daughter has three options of talent to work with...God could end up using her with all three or the one that will be the greatest blessing to the world. How all that is going to happen, I still do not know....what I do know is that God will be faithful in leading...he never fails and that I can count on!!
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New Update 5/31/2012!! Please be in prayer for Kat as she has received what she calls drama from a facebook friend (I would not consider friend in this case.) She does not want drama anymore and deleted her drawings. Sorry if you missed them, but she has moved on to wanting to be a makeup artist. Also being prayer that she will get her GED within the next year. We bought a software program to help her study.