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Thank you. Subconsciously, I assume that when I live my life independent of God, putting him on the back burner and averting my eyes to other things, that He does the same -- that he puts me to the back of his stack, and we both live in this realm of mutually ignoring each other. Nope. Wrong. He's still there, calling, "Where are you, child?," even though he knows exactly where I and my disobedient heart are. He is always calling, knocking, ready for me to put aside my excuses, "busy" schedule, and lackluster faith, and answer, "Here I am!"
We will be praying for a healthy baby!
Praying for a healthy pregnancy for you. Praying for Todd and for your girls.
Praying for peace and understanding.
Praying for your baby.
God bless, Angie.
Blessings to you dear friend!
Kristin
We have had 14 grandkids, but 3 of them live in heaven. Each time we lost one we had to give them back to God, and trust Him to get us through the sorrow.
My daughter Lynnette (from Dancing Barefoot on Weathered Ground) has an amazing testimony of God's Faithulness to her during her losses. She wrote a book called "In Faithfulness He Afflicted Me", and it has helped so many people to learn how to trust in His Faithfulness.
I will pray for you and I think I will become a follower so that I can rejoice with you day by day.
Love Selah and your husband's music, and I think you are beautiful inside and out.
Abundant Blessings!
Linda @ Truthful Tidbits
I've been holding myself back from calling you all week to see how you're feeling... to say I'm thrilled for you is such an understatement!!!! :)
But if you can do anything, take pity on us and help us."
" `If you can'?" said Jesus. "Everything is possible for him who believes."
Immediately the boy's father exclaimed, "I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!"
Lord, help our unbelief!
Praying for you and your beloveds. Praying that God will bless you and your family with another child to love.
Cxx
Also, the motif of God asking questions (particularly his "where are you" question) is one that I absolutely love to meditate on it. I was first introduced to it in (secular) Bible class in college. It happens a LOT in the NT. From Adam and Eve, to Cain, to Sarai, to Samuel - who finally gets the answer right on the third try (the proper response being "here I am" )
I praise God for using you as his daughter, the servant to spread His good word.
Thank you for taking the time to write this post. I too am pregnant~~after one biological child, two adoptions and many miscarriages this is our complete surprise miracle baby!!!! And I still am in awe I am going to be the mom of FOUR children! So soooo blessed!!! I needed this post like you can't imagine Thank you for listening to the Lord and writing. You are so talented and have an amazing gift!
I am sooooo beyond happy for you and your family!!!!!!!!!! xoxoxoxo Praying for you and that sweet baby!
Thank you for being a blessing!!
Love,
Ruthie
Praying for you now as you pick up your mat and not only walk, but RUN... right towards Him, as you've been doing for quite a while now. I'm over here cheering.... run, Angie... run....
Your first answer to God's question of if you want a healthy pregnancy is the human answer, the second answer is the one from the human believer... Of course you already know that ;)
I'm praying that God's will is for a healthy & uneventful pregnancy. Congratulations!
I'll be praying for you, your family, and this sweet new baby.
That was exactly what I need to hear today. Thanks for sharing. I will listen to God and give him the answer He seeks the first time.
Thank you for that reminder..."It's time to walk." I needed that today. In the midst of overwhelming ache and loneliness. To hear someone else say it. That He is able to handle the rest.
This is beautiful.
Praying protection and peace over that little growing baby. God meet us here. On our knees answering a Yes...the only way we can.
God bless dear one!
J.
I really needed to hear this as well.
I recently got a new Bible, The Message translation, and while I've been saved for 10 years, while I've been delivered from Hell itself this year, page by page, I am falling In Love with our Savior all over again.
He Is. AMEN
Blessings, Carolynn
Your post meant so much to me tonight. I need to ask Abba Father for what I hope for, and to tell him what He already knows, instead of pretending I'm content and at peace with "what is" right now.
May God bless you, your family, and this pregnancy, as you faithfully minister to others!
Hide me now, under your wing,
Cover me within your mighty hand.
When the oceans rise, and thunders roar.
I will soar with you above the storm.
Father you are King over the flood.
I will be still know you are God.
I pray that God will cover you and that you will soar above the worry and anxiety. I am so happy for you and your family.
TaraN4ms@comcast.net
((hugs & blessings))
Sarah
www.sayrahterry.blogspot.com
Secondly I want to tell you how I have struggled with injury after injury after injury of some sort for the past almost 2 years. It's a very long story of which I don't even think my doctor really knows why I have been having these things happen. Four surgeries later and finally thinking that I was getting over being injuried and my husband and I were T-boned in a parking lot. Low impact accident but ever since then I have been dealing with constant pain of some sort in my shoulder, shoulder blade and neck area. For reasons still unkown to me God is taking me through a season of learning to trust fully on Him. My pastor said their is a reason why I would go through so much at such a young age. I am only 26! None of the doctors can figure out why I am still in so much pain almost 2 months later when they thought that it was originally muscular. I am not awaiting the results of several MRI tests along with being in constant prayer that God would reveal Himself to me through this. That I would have a full understanding of all of the whys that keep coming to my mind.
What I have little by little been learning is that God wants me to trust and depend on Him completly. That I would trust His perfect plan even if it isn't what I imagine the plan should be. This is very hard for me to do and it is a constant struggle. For never getting on the computer during the weekend, there was something that was drawing me to your blog tonight instead of waiting in the morning to read it. Thank you for your ministry that you provide through your blog! This was BEAUTIFULLY written and it spoke directly to me and what I have been going through. This season of just learing to say yes Lord instead of mumbling everything else that I am feeling about the situation. It is time to walk! =) God bless you!! Sorry for the book! =)
Praying for you and your little one.
Kate
-Erika
littletinyfootprints.blogspot.com
I was told something like this today by a Great-Grandmother (lots of wisdom). Her great grand-daughter is battling infant botulism (please pray for baby Madeline's healing). She told me little Maddie will be worse before she gets better but she reminded me that if it is HIS WILL for Maddie to be healed, she will be. If it isn't HIS WILL, the antibodies will not fight off this disease and they will see her once again in Heaven where she will be completely healed. Her words, even though we want Him to heal her precious Maddie, really stunned me as she has given her to HIM and has let go. I wanted to pray for her and her husband's peace of mind after he cried while telling me about Maddie this morning after Church, but during our conversation this afternoon I realized quickly they have that already and we know all too well who their peace came from. I am praising HIM tonight for giving them that and praying for little Maddie and her entire family and medical staff at Children's in Dallas. Please lift them up in prayer along with me.
Please know you and your family are in my thoughts and prayers today and every day.
Blessings,
Kaye
Matthew 21:22
Congratulations on your pregnancy : ) I'm so happy for you and will be in prayer!!
Now onto Bloom!!!
this is so beautiful! and i know that i really needed it! it really put some things in perspective....i need to apply them now! that is what is so beautiful about who you are....there are many things, but in particular...you are honest and real about your struggles, and you have this way of putting it in simple words where we all know how to relate amd it's real. and it speaks volumes. and then you share what you have learned. so many times, it has been exactly what i have needed to hear. it's God. i know that. thank you for doing your part!
you are loved and prayed for and so is your sweet little baby in the belly!
shannon stinson
2Co 12:9 But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
I was diagnosed with Grave's disease in September - when my first daughter was 9 months old. The doctor told me I had to stop nursing immediately, that I was very sick and needed to be on high doses of medication that were unsafe, and then undergo radioactive iodine treatment.
I began taking very low doses of the medications so I could keep nursing, and believed God for healing. Have not yet been back to the doctor, because the Lord told me to wait and trust. Friday night I heard the words I was waiting for - "You are healed". I know I'm supposed to go back to the doctor, but part of me is scared to - what if I didn't hear Him right? What if I tell people what I heard and it's not true?
But what if that man was too scared to get up and walk? Too worried about looking like a fool? He would stay by that pool, never knowing he was healed.
Thank you for this post, Angie - it's my turn to get up and walk.
Oh and since you have an 'in' with a certain Selah member - we need to see them in ND again. I was at their last concert and Nicole was still singing. It was in a church and WONDERFUL! Hope to se them up this way sometime soon. Congrats!!
And maybe I read your blog because I might love you, too!♥
http://miracleaftertherain.blogspot.com/
http://www.tributes.com/show/Lukas-Bennett-8705...
"Do you want to change the world?"
"Well, I'm just not sure I - one person - can make a difference and I do all of this and I'm so tired and at the end of the day I'm not even sure it's mattered and for every step forward, it can be two steps back and I'm so imperfect and incapable sometimes and maybe some problems people face in this world are just just too big, too great that anything I try to do is just a drop in the bucket..."
"Do you WANT TO change the world?"
"Yes, Lord - desperately"
My mum has stage 4 lung cancer and in September, after brain and lung surgery, was told she has six months to live. She's not a believer (and not open to discussion), and I have had so little faith that she will come to know Jesus. God may not heal her body the way I want Him to, and I am okay with that. But more than her physical healing, she needs spiritual healing. She needs to meet Him. It's time I stop sitting by the pool, and start believing that He can handle the rest.
I am praying for you!!!
I do not believe that this post at this time was a coincidence. It was something that I needed to read, to see, to HEAR. I've been fighting my own demons the past two years, something that I can't seem to escape, something that haunts me no matter how hard I try to fight. I had to leave school last semester bc things got so bad. I can relate so GREATLY to the question about wanting to get well and the hesitant answer...then listening to the question again and giving a straightforward answer.
I've learned that we may not give the most confident answer and it's okay to be scared. Sometimes, it makes things a bit better when we admit it...realize that we're not 100% in control but someone higher than us is.
Thanks for taking the time to walk...I shall join you.
Praying for you and your precious baby. God is able.
Love and hugs and prayres,
Debi
Beaverton, OR
You are such an inspiration! Thank you!
xo
God Bless!
Talysa
and i LOVE your new profile pic - you are so beautiful - inside and out! :)
This was exactly what I needed to read tonight, as I sit at the brink of choosing to work toward the restoration of my marriage. I've been so deeply wounded, but I do believe He is capable of healing. I will choose obedience, even when those around me say to give up. My Redeemer is not going to prove incapable.
Bless you in this pregnancy and your walk with the Lord of Glory.
Psalm 40:16-17 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified. But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
Prayer Bears
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PS, CONGRATULATIONS. I have been following you from the beginning, and am so pleased and giving much praise to hear this most wonderful news!!!
I have been praying that the Lord would reveal this 'peace' to you as I too have been there after 2 losses... Satan will try to wreak havoc on your mind and body with constant worry, that it makes you crazy but with the Lords "peace" it is a special JOY that no one can take from you.
With that I leave you some things that helped me along and FAITH is what it is you have to hold on tight. Don't let Satan or "anyone" else steal your JOY (that you are blessed to have a child, a blessing from the Lord growing in your womb.) One more thing, Angie.... Faith is not knowing God can BUT KNOWING "HE" will. Those 2 simple things besides lots of prayer helped me get through all the worry and doubt that Satan and some people were trying stir up inside of me.
I am blessed with my almost 7 year old blessing and you too are being covered in prayer from those who are here on your blog, church, your personal friends etc... rest assured God is hearing you and all of us as we are a united front praying for you and your newest little blessing.
In Him,
Valerie~
Have a Blessed and Beautiful day,
Petrii
Summer
much love,
angie
Yes, Lord. I get the message loud and clear!
Thank you, Angie for sharing.
I always look forward to your posts. Praying for you and your beautiful baby and family........
I have heard 3 (THREE!!)references in 5 days from that part of Gen where god asks Adam and Eve where they are. What is God trying to show me? I can only hope and pray that I will listen and have more FAITH!
Brittany (fellow CP member :-) and if you guys ever come at 8:30 I teach the 1st grade class)
Brittany
I so dearly needed to hear this today. I've been prayerful lately and I think I missed the point. I lost the faith. I keep asking God to help me... He is. I just forgot to keep the faith part.
Thank you.
Kelly
Thanks always leading us to the Word of God!
Your post reminded me of the lyrics to a new Bethany Dillon song. It goes like this: "You break through my deafness, swing open the curtain, and i find the courage to get up and walk. I forget my weakness for you've answered my lonelyness. And through the mud on my eyes, i can see MY HOPE HAS COME" - BD, Get Up and Walk
May His perfect will be done in your life!!
Lots of love,
Ana
Katie
www.clementsville.blogspot.com
Mine is personally not a 'health healing' thing... but a marriage healing thing.
I'm not sure if I believe that God can heal us... and probably even worse, I'm not even sure that I want it.
Thank you for writing this here. It has given me good food for thought.
Because you are right, it is His plan and not mine and I will praise Him regardless.
I've been struggling with this for a few years now. Not constantly, but off and on He and I keep revisiting it. and then I listened to this series from Andy. and Andy defined faith. and Andy defined Christian faith as belief in the PERSON of Jesus Christ. (and more - it's an excellent series - and as mentioned, very timely for me.) and pointed out that many of us have what he calls "circumstantial faith". Me. Oh, me. and it was then that I finally understood (and I still will struggle with this forever I think, just because I can't explain it really in words) but the problem is that I have always always always wanted God to bless me for believing in Him. and I have taught my son that God's not a magician who just gives us stuff, and I have tried to pray for God's Will, and there are days where I get things right, but mostly - the bottom line was my heart was wrong.
God help us all to believe that You are enought for us regardless of what circumstances bring. Please give Angie a good, healthy pregnancy. You have taught us to ask for what we desire, and we do desire what we see as good things come from this pregnancy. Don't let us be afraid to ask for health, better jobs, whatever we desire, but also remind us that no matter what - our belief, our faith is in you. God. The one and only. The one who created us and gave us life. And since you are unchangeable - so our faith should be also.
Thanks Angie for this website. It always touches me to hear your thoughts and I love to laugh with you when you're laughing.
It's all up to Him. I'm believing.
I've missed these kind of posts! You have such an amazing way with words, it lands straight in my heart.
Congratulations on your pregnancy as well. I have been praying for you every day since I found out. I pray that God will do great things through this pregnancy.
I am also very excited that I just bought tickets to the Selah/Avalon concert in Gridley, IL today! I saw Selah years ago but haven't seen them in quite a while so was very excited to hear they were coming my way again! Yeah!
And I was wondering how you were feeling about being pregnant. I've been pregnant twice after two miscarriages. It's so hard not to worry and so difficult to trust. But I had to let go and trust and now I'm holding my 1-week-old daughter as I type this.
Many prayers and blessings are flowing from our home to God's ears on your behalf!
Congratulations and prayers for a safe healthy pregnancy - Praise God for all he has already done, and all that he will do for you and your family, and THROUGH you and your family.
I pray that I'll excercise a true believing faith...faith in the GOD who CAN and WILL...
By the way, my fourth daughter turned 7 months old today - first healthy baby we've had! - and she is grabbing paper off the desk and trying to eat it as I type!
He is GOOD.
I Peter 2:9-10 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
Prayer Bears
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I will be praying for you and your family!! =)
P.S. The Selah/Avalon concert in Elmira NY at the Clemmons Center was AWESOME!! I embarrassed myself when two girls who got on stage hollared out we love you Angie Smith and when Todd asked if there were any other Sundays out there I was hollaring from the back and I was the only one in the whole back section hooting and hollaring. It was awesome though!! My 14 year old daughter was with me and she had a great time!! Her first concert and I am so glad it was Selah and Avalon!!
Thanks Angie for your beautiful voice. You are an inspiration to those around you and I am thankful to have you to look to (even if only in your writings) when then are not going the way "I" have planned.
Good Luck and Prayers for a healthy pregnancy and a baby you can take home.
My son's name is Adam, so this verse became my most quoted verse of the Bible very quickly....Adam, where are you?!...I've yelled it through the house, in the yard, at Wal-Mart when we had a "Code Adam" because I couldn't find him. Now I text it when he is out in his truck and not home from a date yet. You are right...most of the time, I knew where he was...but I wanted him to realize where he was at.
Don Francisco also did a version of this verse (back in my younger days) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVWzwObQaR4
Thanks for the reminder.
e.
I was also wondering if maybe you could share with us about how and when you found out you were pregnant again. Were you guys intentionally trying, or just going with the flow, letting the Lord handle it? How did Todd react? Was he surprised, or did he expect it?
I know some things are deeply personal, and this might be one of those subjects for you. :o) But I was just wondering if you might share the wonderful happy details with us. :o)
Today you made me cry. I have been following your blog for several months. We lost our daughter in August, after we were blessed with three short days with her on this Earth. She had a rare chromosomal abnormality, one that is unlikely to ever happen to us again in subsequent pregnancies. She now rests in Heaven. I have drawn so much strength from your words and your faith in these past months. Eventually, my husband and I would like to have more children, but it is a scary thing to ponder at this point. Even though we know what happened to our daughter is unlikely to ever happen again, the thought of trying to get through another pregnancy and beleive I'll bring that baby home is terrifying. You have given me such hope, and your words continue to remind me that God is in control and will keep me in his arms, no matter the course that life takes. Thank you so much.
My daughter asked us last night "if you are sure this baby will live?"...it broke my heart that my 6 year old has to worry about her baby brother or sister dying :(
I hope this pregnancy is uneventful and a time for your family to become stronger, waiting for your miracle to arrive!
Congratulations on the pregnancy. We prayed you through the last one...this one will be no different!
While I was pregnant 2 different people told me they had heard from God and He had told them He was going to heal my baby. I struggled with this. What if they were wrong? I didn't want to have to go back and tell them they really hadn't heard from God after all and cause them to question their ability to listen to Him. I decided to have a talk with God about it, bearing my soul to Him. And this very realization hit me right there, in the shower (which was the only place I could pray in private the 8 weeks I spent in the hospital). I felt so strongly in my spirit that no matter what happened God was going to heal my baby. At first I didn't get it. Then I understood. Whether here on earth, or in heaven, Madelyn would be healed. We didn't end up getting the healing we would have preferred. It's so hard to swallow this sometimes.
Anyway, enough talk about loss - I sincerely pray you DO have a healthy pregnancy. I know God is able.
Thank you.
Rachel
I'm praying for your pregnancy.
I'm praying for you, and the baby and the rest of the fam. Our God is so big... just a few minutes ago, I was going through letter sounds with my son and we used the word "omnipotent" (why I would use that word with my 4 year old is a little beyond me, but whatever!) and we talked about how God is ALL-POWERFUL, like you said. He can do anything!! Praying that you will believe Him and trust in Him in all moments of this pregnancy!!
And, Yaay and praise God for your new baby!! Praying for you always.
Have a wonderful week. :D
We now have a healthy 8 month old son, despite the odds and my track record, all thanks to God. I will be praying that you find the same peace in each day throughout your pregnancy.
Thanks Angie! Still praying for you, and that new little one as he/she grows :o). It is so inspiring to know that you're trusting in God and you believe that God can and will heal. It's so true!
Thank you! much love.
Congratulations Angie on the new baby. God is awesome---and your heart is full of HIM....it shows.
Blessings on you dear friend. We share the same name...I'm much older...but we've also the same Father. ;)
Celita
I just want you to know that this post has come to me in a time I needed to read it. In fact, I mentioned it over on my blog as I thought and prayed through what He revealed to me using Your powerful testimony and heart.
Thank you for your willingness to open your heart to those of us who need to hear the message He has given you to speak.
Shine On!
Katrina
teammartins.blogspot.com
I had a quick question for you as well...awhile ago you helped a family in crisis...she came to your home with her children...at some point, I was directed to her "story" and read it and cried...I often think of her and her journey with her husband and family...can you link me again to her story/blog....or perhaps I read her story on someone else's blog...if you are able to help, I would so appreciate it...
Thanks and congrats again!
Rae
This post helped me so much. Praying blessing for you and yours today. Love, Traci
Thank you.
Praying right now!
Psalm 121:5-8 The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
Prayer Bears
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Congratulations on your upcoming arrival!
So, you wrote this post a week ago...but I read it tonight...and needed it so badly. Thank you for your words. I am going to get up and walk tonight....into the thing I have the most doubt about. After all, its not about the stirring...but the stirrer...LOVE that.
Congrats again my friend...So so so so so happy for you.
Praying for you and your family, that you will, in fact, be able to bring this baby home....how terribly sad that your girls have to ask that, and how very sweet that they are trusting in your answer and happy to rest in God's arms about this. Praying for all of you.
Second, I attempted to leave a comment on the "Due" post...but my computer froze up because of all the other comments you had already gotten. :) So I'm posting my congratulations here. I loved the way you announced it...with all the "Due's" and then the picture of the positive pregnancy test. Congratulations, and God bless you...
Thanks so much for being real and transparent.
Thats all I can say to such a wise and wonderful post!
Isaiah 43:1-3a: But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour.
Prayer Bears
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Please come back and tell us how you are~~ I am pregnant too! I am due in April actually I am due on the day I was saved!!! Only God could do that!!! But anyways I wonder how you are doing --your story touched me to the core and I am sooo sooo happy that you are pregnant!!!! Just missing your posts and wondering how you are doing.
Hebrews 4:13-16 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do. Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
Prayer Bears
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I stumbled across your blog the other day and have been so inspired by you and your family. Audrey's story has truly touched me, and rocked my soul to it's core! The way God works through someone as tiny as Audrey is simply amazing! Her time on earth may have been short, but you and Todd, through God, have kept her spirit and memory alive through such an amazing testimony! Congratulations on the new baby...may God bless you and your family! I will be praying for y'all!
Love and blessings to you Angie!
Thank you so much for sharing this story. It is one of my favorites that holds a lesson that I often need reminding of. He did say, if you ask anything in His name, and if you believe, you will receive whatever it is you have asked for.
Faith is believing! I will believe with you that God will give this precious gift to your family!
God Bless you Angie (& Todd)
Thank you! This post was so profound for me. I too am having a baby and have had the same questions, comments, and thoughts as you have. My children have asked the same question time and time again. We lost our 1st born Graycee at 38 weeks pregnant and were devastated but what I am thankful for was the lesson I received from this. I had never listened to god when he spoke to me unti after this happened. I strongly believe he had been preparing me for my loss but I never saw this until after she passed. I now listen to god when he does speak to me and I wish more people could listen and know that he is walking with them every step of the way with any circumstance. I then lost our second child at 6 months last November and we are now expecting a new baby in Feb. with complications. Our daughter's placenta is warpped around scar tissue and we have placenta previa/accreta. This is a scary time in our lives but we have to have the faith that he will provide for us in his way. I think that is one of my biggest struggles that I deal with, CONTROL! I waver between what god has planned and what I feel as though I "need". I will get up and walk with him knowing that he does have my best interst. Thank you kindly for this reminder.
I will be praying daily for you and your pregnancy.
Courtney
You have no idea how this post has spoken to me. In fact, I copied and printed it to carry with me. I also forwarded it. Being a TYPE A *ahem* control freak, this does not come easily to me. Oh, don't get me wrong, I speak it with my mouth. I just don't always fully accept it in my heart. But, you are so right. It is time to walk. It is time to discard the worry and doubt that take our mind and heart off of Him. It is satan's work, afterall.
I continue to pray for your entire family. I had the same conversation with my boys when I was pregnant after Ford's stillbirth. I so hoped that we would bring our sweet Mary Margaret home, but it was not to be. Cristian, Hayes and Jack know that their babies are in Heaven with Jesus. And, even though it is not what we hoped and prayed for, we do have faith that it is God's design.
In spite of it all, I will and do choose to get up and walk because I know He will be right there with me regardless of the situation! Thanks Angie!
I just found your blog recently and it came at the most amazing time. A coworker of mine lost a baby in the days that they were anxiously awaiting his arrival. I felt so helpless as I had never experienced anything like this and wanted to do something for them but had no idea what to do. Then I found this blog and knew it was God's answer to my prayers for them. So thank you for your ministry. I am so glad that I was able to share this with them.
Also, I am a young life leader in Lexington, KY and as you may know from your previous involvement in young life, every year we share the gospel with students through a talk sequence that involves a talk about sin and a follow up about God's love for us on the cross in spite of our sin. This past week I shared with students the fact that we are all sinners and there is nothing we can do to make our relationship right with God. I left them with the hope that even though there is nothing we can do, there is something God can do. I left them with the story of John 5 and asked them the question, "do you want to get well?" In two weeks I have the privelage of sharing with them God's amazing love and his solution to our problem and get to finish the story in John 5. I have been mulling around in my head how I want to do this and this post really pointed out ot me what God wants me to say to them. To stop making excuses and take a step of faith into the relationship that Jesus died so we could have.
So I know this is a SUPER LONG comment, but I wanted to say thank you so much for your posts and your ministry and your heart for the Lord. I have been truly blessed by it :)
Anne
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If there werent so many miles between us, I would be asking if you had a bible study and be looking to join.Keep on expressing yourself the way you do, because the way you put it down, is simply wonderful.
Thank You,
Patricia
Ok, going to read your next 3 posts and I will be caught up with you in your life as of today :)
I am sure that I was lead here today by the Lord, Himself. I saw where someone else I know followed this blog. I'm a huge fan of Selah so I thought I'd check it out. I was saddened to read about the loss of your baby girl. My heart goes out to you and your family.
When I read this entry...I felt as if the Lord was speaking directly to me through you.
I miscarried our first in 07. No luck trying, since. I go back and forth about wether I actually want to go through that again. But, after reading this...I'm encouraged. It seriously has been my lack of faith. I've thought it was there, but there has always been doubts in the back of my mind. Statistics, irregular cycles, age....etc..etc.
Anyway, I'm thrilled that you are expecting again. I will be lifting you up in prayer daily.
Thanks for being so honest! It's a breath of fresh air!
Blessings to you and yours!
Elizabeth