Psalm 127:3  "Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward."

May the Lord bless you as you raise your family for the glory of God! I had such a blast with you all! Thank you for letting me come!

Children are such a blessing! Last week I had the joy of going down to Texas for about 8 days and help a dear family during the time of their delivery of their 4th child!

What a blessing it was to be with them and to experience once again the excitement and joy of having a new baby in the home. Then to help them wherever there was a need!!

The Lord had laid it on my heart back in January to go and help them during the week of their baby’s due date. But due to some circumstances it did not look like it was going to happen. I began to struggle some what with my attitude and out look because I really felt like God was in this and that His desire was for me to go.

Holding his new baby brother!! What a blessing these mid-wives were! 

So why was He giving me a death of a vision when He Himself had placed that vision there? Why was He allowing these difficult situations come up and make it look like I would not be able to go and fulfill it?

Reading a real fascinating story about a little jungle boy! Jump, jump, jump!!

These kinds of feelings can rise up so quickly in us all and can wreck serious havoc if not dealt with. God allows struggles and problems to arise in order to mold our character and to prune us of our selfish and controlling nature. But we have to submit to Him in order to allow God to do the needed work in our lives.

Praise the Lord baby Ezra is here! What joy a new little one brings!

By the grace of God He revealed to me His hand at work in this situation! Instead of resisting his grace I received it with all meekness and gratefulness in the fact that He gave me eyes to see the bigger picture!! Who am I, to be allowed the privilege to lay aside all worries and anxious feelings? And then be able to rest contentedly in the fact that I know that God worketh all things together for good. (Eph. 1:11) It is only by the grace of God!

God was not to concerned about me knowing when or if I was going to be able to go and help this dear family. :-)   He was more concerned about me learning to submit all my desires for things working out the way I thought they should on a moment by moment bases.

What a precious little boy he is!    I LOVE to play the piano!!

I did not receive a clear answer as to if I was going or not until 3 days before the baby’s due date! :-)   God once again was taking me to the very end to see if I truly had given all my wants and desires to Him. When everything worked out and I was on my way I realized that THIS was the way to walk through every situation!

We are having a great time together! Our little pilgrim man!

Why do I believe the lie which tells me to take on the responsibility of having things go according to my time schedule? That is God’s business!  My job is to simply be faithful to what He has called me to at the present moment and to be listening and harkening to His still small voice in order to be able to hear what I am to do next! 

On a wagon ride! Watch out for those indians!!

James 1:17  "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning."

~ "The joy of servanthood is the freedom you have in that it does not really matter what you are doing but that you are making the one you’re serving successful by your willingness to do whatever is asked of you!" ~

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