Why dont we do this more often?...

Hey all! Yesterday we went to the beach. We met Grammie and Papa there and Devin, Ashley and Hailey (cousins). We didn't get to the sand until 1:00 because we had doctor and dentists appts. in the morning and didn't want to reschedule those. But what a great day! There is nothing like the beach especially a day like yesterday. The water was so warm, unbelievably warm like 72 degrees and perfect weather! It made me ask myself, "why don't we do this more often?" We up in the desert yes, but what's an hour and half when that's the destination.

Anyway, the kids never left the water. Jeremiah played near it but stayed on the wet sand mostly building sand castles. Jonathan and Nathan body boarded the whole time with Devin and Hannah played in the water with David, Ashley and Hailey. Daddy got in the water and body surfed, so did papa and played with kids the rest of the time.

It was really good memories and so so so much fun! Worth the packing, clean-up and yes, sunburns too. These days are why I love California so much! I guess born a cali-girl always a cali-girl! :-) But there's immense beauty and power in the ocean and I'm so thankful the Lord made these beautiful places for us to get a glimpse of His creative side. The water, sand, sound of the waves and kids playing made for a perfect day and I'm so grateful for it!

Many pictures were taken, (as you should well know by now), but to see the pictures of our day
click here.

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

Wordless Wednesday

Pump it Up

Hey everyone! This will be short and sweet today! But we headed down the hill for a birthday party this afternoon to a place called "pump it up". It's an indoor place with bounce houses and slides and stuff. The kids had a great time playing with their cousins and Mama had a great time watching them and visiting with the family! Lots a fun and many pics were taken. If you have some time and want to check it out click here!

Hope you all have a great weekend!

Love and Blessings!

Weeks worth of catch-up...pretty much

Hey everyone! Just catching up with ya! Been busy here the past couple days with errands and Chris being off yesterday, we always seem to find something to keep ourselves busy with. As I'm sitting here typing this the baby is doing what feels like somersaults! Gosh he's been active lately! Anyway, yesterday I had to have some lab work done but I was back early and then we did some yard work and went to a nursery and picked out a couple trees for the backyard. One really big one for shade and a couple small ones also. The backyard is a work in progress but its coming along and a fun job to do. Yes I love yard work but that one of my quirks I guess, playing in the dirt! :-)

The front yard looks great and the grass has come in beautifully so it's nice to go out front and see the green. Chris and Jonathan mowed the lawns yesterday evening and Chris started the holes for the trees and other plants we already had from the other house. He worked so hard yesterday on his day off and I'm so grateful for that.

On Tuesday the kids painted some little canvas art that I got for them at Michael's. They had a great time creating their own little masterpieces. Hope you enjoy...

Tomorrow were going to a birthday party at pump it up and it'll a much needed and well deserved day out. The kids are at the end of their summer and very much getting ready to head back to school so this will be a great way have them exert some energy! Well that's about all for now. I hope all is well and have a blessed weekend!

Yes, by the way I just went to take some pics of the backyard and my battery died on my camera, so I will get those up tomorrow. When I came back in Jeremiah had turned off the computer-thank goodness that blogger saves my post as a draft every 30 sec. or so! LOL!

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(That is from Jeremiah while I stepped away to take pics of the yard) :-)

Spiritual Temperature Test

I was reading my online devotion this morning and it was about our spiritual temperature. The verse was from Rev. 3:15, 16. How God was so appalled by the Laodician church because they had become lukewarm, ineffective. God would rather us be hot or cold instead of lukewarm, so much so that He said, "I am about to spit you out of mouth". Reading this made me think how one of my biggest fears is disappointing God. Thankfully there was a very interesting "spiritual temperature" quiz at the end the devotion and I've shared it with you all:

Spiritual Temperature Test

1. I would describe my current relationship with God as:
a. Extremely close
b. fairly intimate
c. mediocre
d. distant


2. My attitude and actions toward reading the Bible each day are:
a. eager and consistent
b. interested and mostly regular
c. complacent and hit-or-miss
d. Bible? Can’t remember where I last put my Bible.


3. When I think of talking to others about God I:
a. get excited
b. think it is interesting– sometimes
c. am reluctant
d. would rather have a root canal!!!


4. As far as scripture memory goes, I:
a. have entire chapters and chunks memorized
b. have several verses I have worked on lately
c. can recall a few portions of scripture, but don’t know the references
d. Can recite John 3:16 in the King James Version. Does that count?


5. When I think of having a personal retreat all alone with God, I’d like to do that:
a. a couple times a year, I LOVE it!
b. maybe once a year, for refreshment
c. I think I did that once and was bored
d. What? Are you kidding? No Internet or other people? Count me out!


6. I would honestly describe my prayer life as:
a. as close to “praying without ceasing” as I can get
b. I pray everyday at least once
c. I remember to pray a few times a week
d. I pray faithfully–in situations of stress or danger. Other than that, God knows where to find me.


7. When I ponder my spiritual life overall, I would say I am:
a. content with my progress and usually growing
b. somewhat satisfied but long to be closer to God
c. complacent with occasional spurts of growth
d. my spiritual life is a source of disappointment to me


Now, if you answered mostly “a”: You are totally sizzling; mostly “b”: Your spiritual fire is stoked and steady; mostly “c”: your fire has died down somewhat, but the embers are still glowing; mostly “d”: YIKES!!!! You are dangling dangerously near the dreaded LUKEWARM!! Time to take action!

If you'd like to check it out for yourselves click here http://karenehman.com/home/

I was pretty satisfied with my results but encouraged to do more! Hope you find it as useful as I did!

Love and Blessings,

What God told me...

As usual I left church in tears...I don't know if it's pregnancy hormones but I prefer to think its that my heart is very tender to the Lord lately, thankfully those morning devotions and prayers are doing the trick. But church was wonderful. Romans. I don't know if Romans does this to everyone, but every week I leave saying, that was awesome I really felt the Lord speaking to me, but this past week was almost specific. It was really as if God knew I needed to hear those words specifically, (well He did know I needed to hear those words). But it really spoke me and my weakness of worry. I tend to worry and stress. That's what I do. But in this week's study we learned a lot about the multi-dimensionality of God's love. That He exists outside the laws of time and therefore sees how it all ends. Its truly a test of faith to not worry. It's hard but God knew I needed to hear again how He knows how it all ends. That my worrying doesn't change the outcome, it only makes the journey more difficult. And as soon as I surrender it truly to Him, then I am putting that faith into action. The verse we ended with was this:

"...so that Chris may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide, and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge"-

Eph. 3:17-19

That's the multi-dimensionality of God's love. That His love is so wide He chose me before the foundations of the earth, its so long that it takes me from birth to eternity, so high that He's placed me next to Christ as a co-heir to the kingdom of heaven, and do deep that it took me from the rock-bottom depth of my sin, from Satans grasps to His arms....that's big love! And I worry about my current problem. His love is that big and I question if He handle this one?....I so needed to hear that and I'm so glad God knows that and gives it to me. And I so grateful to the Holy Spirit for softening my heart in order that I would hear God....

On to that one...

After the message, during the last song, God spoke to me about what I've been worrying about. And what was left with was this....that what I am worrying about isn't even important. That my worry is taking away from what's truly a gift, the small things. Instead of boating build a sandcastle or play in the sprinklers, sit outside with the kids and squirt them with the hose, instead of the movie theatre watch something on tv as a family, play games or just hang out together. Don't focus on what you cant do, but you can and your missing....I really was that specific.

So this morning I read my devotion and God reiterates to my heart to not be distracted by worry and fear but to enjoy the small things and in those moments is when I"ll see God. My devotional verse this morning....

"whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, "this is the way; walk in it". Isa 30:21

God was speaking to the people who seek Him. Again reiterating to me that when I give Him time daily I will hear Him. He will be my guide and whether I make a wrong turn or not He will be there to guide me again in the right direction. His voice is still and quiet and so easy to miss when Satan in screaming at us. Which is what he does. He yells and screams and takes over my emotions like a swat team storming a building. And sometimes I'm left standing there like, why did I just say that or think that or react like that. But not our God. He stands and knocks and waits to be invited. He doesn't barge in or scream in our ear, He never leaves or turns His back. Just because He's quiet doesn't mean He's not there or ignoring me. He's just being the gentleman that He is. He's waiting for me to invite Him in and when I do, I'm never disappointed. I'm usually left with one question....why didn't I do this sooner?

On to other stuff around here...

I'm now about 29 weeks, Joseph is growing and time is flying...here's a pic of me yesterday...

Also, we ordered his crib and it came in Saturday so Chris picked it up yesterday and we put it together. His nursery is really coming along, here's some pics of it minus his dresser. I'm also painting some shelves and decor for his room , so it's not completely done yet but it's sure getting there...

Sorry about the glare in some of the pics, but get the drift. I'll take some better pics at a different time of day soon.

Love and Blessings!

Is it hot enough?....

"It shall come to pass the before they call, I will answer; and while they are still speaking I will hear." Isa. 65:24

I have always loved this verse. It gives this personal layer to God. It was a daily verse I read this morning, so after my devotion I decided to read Isaiah 65 and 66. It was almost a declaration from the Lord about those of us who His children, called by His name and those who are not. It's so sad to those who are not, but so comforting and reassuring to us, His kids. It was very interesting to hear it from the Lord's mouth.

Anyway, I read that verse and I think how in tuned God's heart is to the needs and desires of His kids. If we are close and walking with God, spending time with Him and giving the Spirit room in our hearts then we are so connected with God that He will answer us before we call. Then why pray some would ask...Well I pray because it comforting to know I can vent, or cry or rejoice to the creator and I know He hears me and leans an inclining ear to me. But knowing that He also answers before I ask creates this new depth of Him as a Father. I know what my kids need before they ask many times, but I love that they come to me to talk.

So on to another note...is it hot enough for ya?

Man it's been brutal up here on the face of sun (aka Victorville). The weather channel said 106 but I think it was hotter! And they say today and tomorrow will be worse even....oh man are we in for it. I'm trying not complain too much because in February when it bitterly cold non stop I wish for summer, I guess its the extremes that get me. But I guess to find the positive, we couldn't enjoy the winter without the summer and likewise right? I seriously will walk outside in the hottest part of the day and sit out there a few minutes just so that when I walk back in the house I appreciate the AC again! I mean isn't that how it is? If I stayed indoors all day I would probably complain about the 79 degrees that it is in my house! I could go on a spiritual level with that to, but I'm sure you catch my drift by now so I'll spare you that! LOL!

Anyway, Chris interviewed yesterday at a place in Fontana. He said he thought it went well. He was the first to interview. They are calling some people in next week and then they'll make their decision. I'm praying Chris will get the call, but I"m also praying that I'll have the faith and attitude I should if he doesn't. It would be so great though. It's 4-10's. So he would work Sunday through Wednesday and have Thursday, Friday, Saturday off. That way I would be able to do SMILES (a women's bible study at church) again and we would be to do more family outings and stuff with 3 consecutive days off and he could be more involved with the kids school assemblies and stuff. Right now he's off Sunday and Thursday so it makes it really hard to do anything other than just day outings. But we'll see what the Lord has in store. Pray for open doors and faith on our part. We are very grateful for the job he has and that he is employed but the fact that there's no benefits makes it very temporary for us. Anyhow, we covet your prayers and wish you all great weekend!

Redundancy? No...God's just that faithful!

Can I say again how good God is?...Is it redundant that every time He speaks to me I am amazed and humbled at His patience with me?...I guess it's like we learned on Sunday, that many times it's our perspective, we see it from a child's and not from a Father's. No matter what my kids do, or how much they annoy or irritate me, I would never stop speaking to them or guiding them. But I guess I see myself and a pest to my Father with my constant stumbling that when He faithfully speaks to me, yes I'm amazed. As if God would give the cold shoulder to His daughter! No He is faithful, that's just what He is.

I don't know if you all do this, but when I pray it always comes back to the same praise for me. Faithful! It's, I guess my "pet name" for my Father. Everything He does and and in every way He speaks or shows Himself to me is Faithful.

Yesterday I had the opportunity to sit outside, alone and just spend time with God (a rarity with 5 kids :-) but I digress... Nothing speaks to me of Him like nature does, and specifically the wind. And I was talking to Him and asking specifically for His spirit to fill me again, to fill my heart so that it overflows, that my husband and children would be able to "drink" from it and be changed. Not for me you but that I could do what should come naturally to me and that's to reflect the overwhelming joy that the Lord is. And this morning I took some time aside to read a devotion and this is the verse the devotion was about:

"Restore to me the joy of Your salvation and grant me a willing spirit to sustain me."
Psalm 51:12

The devotion was about running on empty spiritually. Not taking the time to receive the spiritual fuel (the Word and prayer time) we need to get through that day and then wondering why it just seems so hard. God spoke directly to my heart. This was His way of telling me He heard my cries to Him and He understands. He's heard it before....1000's of years ago a king cried out to the Lord in the same way with same prayer. To fill Him again with His spirit. And I thought, King David struggled with this too?... And in this simple way God spoke to me.

When I was praying yesterday I told God that I knew He couldn't speak to me the way He wanted to if I wasn't reading His word. Don't get me wrong God can speak to us through anything, and He has and does, but there was something He wanted me to know and I received it my taking the time with Him in His word.

Faithful.

I am humbled still that He does that! I pray to be deserving of it and never take it for granted.

On another note, the home front. Things are good here. Just trying to get the kids back on a normal bedtime schedule. Things can get very lenient around here during the summer time, but I"m trying to regain my control again. School starts in less than a month so for the past 2 nights we've been getting them to bed by 9:00 in their bed, no more crashing on couches like a frat house! LOL! And its been going really well. They sleep better and it give Chris and I time together and the end of the day, which we so desperately need. It's so nice to be able to sit and talk or watch tv without the interruption of the kids. We love them so, but we are still husband and wife, not just mom and dad. And how easily those lines get blurred through the years. So I am thankful for that lately.

Let's see what else....Jonathan and Hannah have dentist appointment tomorrow morning to have their cavities filled. Chris is going to take them in the morning and they are very nervous, so prayer for them would be wonderful.

Anyhow, there's not much more going on, just the day to day right now. Getting ready for back to school within a month, David starting kinder....bittersweet. I have to get all their school supplies pretty soon and the list for kinder is so cute. David is very excited and I am for him but it's also sad. It's another level for him now, and he wont be at home with me so I think its more of an adjustment for Mommy you know? But I love their school and I'm excited for what he's going learn and the wonderful doors that open for him by learning to read. He wont be the same kid after kinder, he'll seem so much more grown up. That's why it's bittersweet I guess. But I cant hold him back. (sniff, sniff....) LOL! I'm alright, its just mommy emotions....

Well I wish for you all a wonderful Wednesday, that we would see God in everything and enjoy this day that He has made!

Blessings,

I'm not gonna say "not me monday" LOL!

On many mondays I would...but not this one. I'm actually having a pretty good one. It's triple digits outside, the kids are hyper and full of energy and noise, I'm tired and sapped of energy for some reason today, but for some reason my attitude is better than usual. I would like to think it's that my heart is so spiritually right on that I'm just on another level, but in reality I think it's just one of God's merciful gifts to me. I'm just handling it well today and for that I'm thankful!

This weekend was a fairly quiet one. Saturday the boys went riding with papa and and their cousin Devin. They were gone all day in the blazing heat but had so much fun riding their bikes. Jonathan has a bigger bike now so they all 3 have something ride which makes it nice. No more waiting in line for their turn to ride. Aside from the intense heat they had a great time! Me and the three kiddos who didn't go riding went to the mall and ran some errands. Overall, a pretty quiet day.

Let's see Sunday, yesterday, we went to church at 9:00am because a friend in Chris' small group had a daughter who was getting baptized, so we went to see that. We usually go to 11am service but it was nice to go a little earlier and have more of the day left. We went to target and got the kids Icees after church and then headed home. The kids played outside with hose and stuff and later in the evening Chris did a little yard work while the kids and I went for a walk. Like I said, a pretty quiet weekend.

I wish I had more to blog about today but I'm tired and really just wanting to lay on the couch and be lazy, but the laundry waiting for me begs to differ. Ugh! I would like you all to pray for open doors for Chris. He is looking for a better job right now and that's not an easy task in this economy. He is employed right now, and for that we are grateful, but there isn't benefits and the pay isn't much. But it is a job and not a gap in a resume. But he is looking. He has faxed his resume to Northrop Grumman and a recruiter is looking it over right now. They are hiring for a diesel mechanic and automotive mechanic right now, so were really hopeful something will come of that. Please pray for open doors and faith on our part to see God in everything and His constant provision.

Love and Blessings!

A Maze

Don't you ever feel like your in a maze instead of a journey?

I was praying this morning and asking God that I would seek Him in all things, and something came to me. I pictured myself in a maze. Walking, stumbling trying to find the exit while missing out on the surroundings and more importantly the Guide.

All of us at some point in time struggle or stress out or just want out of the whole "maze" period. But the mazes life offers us are for a reason. They're part of a greater journey. And the exit is still the exit but the whole journey through it is altered completely by how you travel it.

I have seen God's faithfulness personally and why I seem to forget about the next time I have a trial I don't know. But my prayer today that we would focus on Him in all things, the little and the big, the trivial and the life-changing because He knows what "maze" were in right now and He also can see the path through it. But for some reason we figure we have a better way out. So we take off on our own and end up going around in circles and stumbling and falling, brushing ourselves off and sometimes just laying there and thinking "forget it, it's too hard". In the meantime were missing out what surrounds us. The beauty of nature, the simplicity of the small things that are so easy to miss when your looking at the ground so you don't trip and fall. Bigger even, we've ignored the Guide who know this "maze" better than we ever could because He made it, along with every thing living and not on creation.

How easy it would be to take His hand and walk with Him. Talk with Him. And enjoy the scenery. How much smoother and more enjoyable life would be that way. The exit is still there and we'll find it eventually but how much nicer is this way?

Oh and imagine what we could learn? I might be helpful to stroll and chat with the Creator of the Universe more often eh?

Anyway, just something my heart with given and I felt if it helped me surely it could help some one else too.

Some other news...I had doctors appt. yesterday. Everything is good. But they have changed my due date from the 13th to the 5th of October. Which doesn't sound like much but those 9 days make a big difference. My third trimester starts on Tuesday! I cant believe its already 2/3's over. Amazing! I'm just praying now for a smooth labor and delivery process and getting super excited to meet this little guy. I've been working on his nursery and we've ordered the crib. Now we just need to get a dresser and he'll be set. I'll definitely post pics when it's all set up!

Praying for a wonderful friday for you all! (Joseph must feel same because he just gave me a wallup of kick LOL)!

I also wanted to leave this award Carla (I would Gather Children). An awesome sister in the Lord, with a beautiful blog and family. You are inspiring.

Love and Blessings,

Recap

Hey everyone! It's been a few days, but busy ones. Let's see...my last post was Thursday. The day my niece was born. I think I blogged about that but here's a quick recap. She was born at 1:58 pm on thursday, July 2, 2009. Healthy and safe....at least up until yesterday. At some point in the last few days she more jaundiced than expected. My sis took her to their follow appt. yesterday afternoon and they took her for lab work because it looked as if the jaundice had spread. Well her labs came back higher than the doctor expected. Apparently this is pretty rare considering her numbers on Saturday when they discharged her where fairly good, the jump in the numbers for a couple days was significant. Obviously leaving a worried mom and dad behind and family with a million questions. Which wont be answered until sometime today when they recheck her numbers. I am faithful in the Lord through all this though, knowing the end result is in His hands, and I'd rather walk this road with Him rather than running from Him when the destination (or end result) will be the same. I pray that for my sis and brother-in-law too. That no matter where this takes them (I mean they could be home in a day or two or this could be a long process) but that no matter where this takes them that they would seek the only one that could give them what they need. Everyone of us is human and will stumble but He never stumbles and never disappoints. Anyhow, prayers for that situation even the unspoken parts of it (God knows it all anyway) would be greatly coveted right now.

Rewinding to the weekend though...


Saturday the 4th of July! Hope it was a happy and safe one for everyone by the way. Anyway the 4th was awesome. We left in the morning and took the kids to my husbands grandmas house for a visit while we went and registered for our baby shower and then visited our then 2 day old niece. After that we headed to my parents house and the kids had a blast. There was a bounce house with a water slide and food galore. When it got dark they had fake tattoos (which Melissa and I embellished with) and glow stick and a fireworks show for the kids on the driveway. It was blessing to spend the day with family and friends and hopefully an opportunity to be a servant and a light to them. It was a great day full of memories that I'll never forget!





Sunday was Andrew's 4th birthday party. "Christmas in July" was the theme and it was fun coming off of the whole 4th July thing to go to that and have it decorated for Christmas! It was a lot of fun and the kids had a good time playing together and playing some football out front too! They made a craft and Andrew opened his presents. It was a really cute birthday party and while Andrew was opening his presents he put a bow on David's head (who are best friends by the way) and said "your my present David", too cute! Anyway hope you enjoy the pics!





Needless to say it's been a busy few days, welcoming the the calmness of this morning, so far at least. I will keep you all posted as to the situation with my niece. Thank you for your devoted thoughts and prayers!


Love and blessings,

Oh so many blessings

I'm up to late but it's quiet and I figured with how busy its been I better try to get on here and share the excitement!

I am oh so blessed people!

The Lord is so good and it still amazes me every time!

I have a brand new niece! Yes I am a super proud Auntie! (pardon the ridiculous amount of exclamation points, but I'm just that excited and happy.)

It's been a long road for my sister, multiple bouts of preterm labor, getting the flu and having a possible infection all resulting in her water breaking in the wee hours of the night. 3:00 in the morning to be exact. She called me upset, of course, because she's only 35 weeks along and scared. I reassure her as much as I can, and as usual tell her I'm going to pray and start a prayer chain. Now here's the part of how good our God is, how He makes even a scary situation point to Him. At the end of our call, she tells me that she prayed, and she really doesn't do that. And she goes on to tell me that she asked God to show her what the answer was to all the turbulence she'd been having because she's tired. Well she falls asleep and wakes up and her water breaks! There's her answer. What is so awesome is that she tells me this and makes the connection that it was an answered prayer. The Lord goes on to bless her with a pain free and safe labor, an easy delivery and an unbelievably healthy and beautiful baby girl. Who although being 5 weeks early is 5lbs 10oz and amazingly strong!

"sweet baby Kate"

I prayed for hours that she'd see God through this. That she'd feel His presence and His peace and she did and He is awesome!!! And when He blesses boy does He bless! And judging from the picture above, His handiwork isn't too shabby either!

This was also a lesson to me, that the power of prayer is spectacular. And it can speak to people in ways that I never could. Anyways, I just wanted to share her with you. I'm super excited to get to see her for the first time on Saturday. Yay!

On to other stuff. We took the kids to the dentist today. It actually went really well. All got cleaning and x-rays, 2 have a cavity (what can I say? they have their mom's teeth, lucky them). But they go back in 2 weeks to have those filled. Such is life, right?

I also have been experimenting with a photo program my hubby got for me. He's so sweet. He know I've been wanting to do some creative stuff with my pics and now I can. I'm sooooo new to this but I've done a couple basic ones just to get the hang of it. ...

Anyway, I've got to get to bed, it's midnight and I have to right to be up so late again! Have a great holiday if I don't blog before then again!

Love to all!

Turbulence

Nathan climbing our big tree kids playing pirates

david and his kitty

Well I had to start out with some randomness, a couple pics taken yesterday that I just thought were cute. Forgive my lack of depth this morning I am so tired. I wanted to come on here and blog about what I've been reading this week. I am praying to Jesus as the prince of peace and my book has many thoughts and verses that shed light of Him in such a comforting way. I'm loving this book, it just seems to reveal something new, a new layer of our Lord that is wonderful. But I"ll leave it at that for now. You all know how good He is and my heart for Him!

I will tell you about my night though....My sister went into preterm labor again. She was contracting every 10 minutes for 2 1/2 hours and went to labor and delivery, her contractions intensified and were every 5 minutes and eventually every 4 minutes. They gave one of her pills that she takes at home (nephedepene) to try to stop labor and a shot of Nubane for the pain. And within hours her contractions slowed down! I mean this girl is on complete bed rest and nephedepene every 4 hours (which is double the usual dose) and they just stop. Also all the contracting did nothing to her cervix, she didn't dilate at all! Leaving her grateful for another day, but also very frustrated. She's most likely going to home today again but confused and not sure what to do when she contracts again.

Anyone who know her situation know how mind boggling it is that she can barely walk to the bathroom to pee without cramping and she gets all these intense contractions and nothing! I think her biggest worry right now is when it happens next time when to go. And the fact that her hubby missed yet another day of work and his exhausted because after work he has to run show because shes on bed rest. So I understand her frustration and stress.

However, I have to add this point...when she first started having contractions last night she sent me a message and asked me to pray again because "it seemed to work last time". So even in this frustrating, stressful time, the Lord makes Himself visible. If anything it gave her that. The dependence on prayer and evidence of how powerful it is. She's know my faith, she knows the truth, but isn't ready to surrender to it yet. This however, can be such a powerful tool. God doesn't need my help but my example doesn't hurt right? But no one can shine the light on His power like He can in a turbulent situation. Prince of Peace....

Coincidence?.....

I think not!

Shalom friends,