We were so impressed with how God blesses us that we wanted to start a journal that we can look back on to count our blessings. We want this journal to be a testament of God's provision and care for our family not only to remind us when things get rough but to also hopefully encourage others! 1/1/11 Took Dassa to the mediquick to find out she doesn't have croupe as we feared but a slight ear infection.
Thank you, God,
for knowing our budget and for providing as you always do!
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Well, I love God's sense of timing.
I remember saying that I wanted to start for another baby when Dassa-Beanie turned 18 months. We actually started a few months earlier but when did we conceive? On our anniversary when our daughter was 18 months ;) God has a cool sense of humor and what a memory - He loves specifics! The three months we tried - nothing and the month we just celebrated our marriage God made our little amoeba grow. I love you Lord and trust you completely in timing and providing. I 'm tired but elated that Dassa-Beanie will not be an only child. She will be a great help since she will be 2 years 3 monthsish when this one is ready to come out. She already is helpful bringing mommy stuff and helping with the laundry. Josh is stoked too and is so supportive while I am going through the first trimester's fatigue and nausea. We are both glad we have 33 more weeks of alone time with Dassa-Beanie. Hoping I can be a little more active this pregnancy and stay away from the ice cream. I will have 5 months at the end of it to get the weight off before Sarah's wedding pictures will capture my figure - I hope I can be good! Okay, so yesterday, I was called a domestic goddess... Pretty cool!
And then today, I had several God moments.... First off, I finally got air in my tires (thanks to Luke with the special pump) and planned to go on a bike ride with Dassa-Beanie. I had gotten the trailer all hitched except for the tiny metal piece that was nowhere to be found. Grrrr... I searched everywhere in the garage for a solid ten minutes. All the while, I was trying to keep Dassa from walking down the driveway, since the door was up. In defeat, I sat on the weight bench and asked God to help me find it. Turning my head, I saw a flash of metal in the back part of the trailer. If I was even sitting an inch to the right or left I wouldn't have seen it! So, after thanking God, I continued on with my bike ride to the park. I arrived and no one is there. My favorite is when there are no kids there! When tons of kids are there I usually come home with a headache. We swung on the swings for a bit, went down the slide a few times and then it was her nap time. We started to pack it up as someone else pulled into the parking lot. I noticed that they had not gotten out of their car and figured they were like me. They were probably waiting until they could have the park to themselves. As I was buckling Dassa-Beanie into the trailer, the lady finally came walking up with her small son. We both said a polite hello. She put him down to play and I thought I heard Russian. I got excited, but normally I am too chicken to say anything. I have had very little opportunity to practice my Russian language in the last eight years. I am embarrassed by my poor grammar. But I just couldn't go( a little prompting from the Lord or what!). So, I sucked it up and poke to her in Russian. We had a long conversation about people smoking at the park and loud disrespectful children and why we like quiet. Apparently we had more in common than I thought. Dassa-Beanie, no longer content with her sippy-cup, started to fussy, so we started saying our goodbyes. Again, I just couldn't leave. I didn't have anything to write my number down on since I had biked there. I doubted she would want to just hand out her number, but I asked if she wanted to swap numbers anyhow. I offered to call her phone and that way she would have mine. She agreed with a big smile on her face! It was so great to use my Russian in a real conversation again and meet another mom of a young child. Her son was 13 months and my Dassa-Beanie is almost 10 months. How perfect is that! Maybe she will never call or maybe we will have many more park dates, but either way, I felt the rush of listening to the Holy Spirit's prompts. I loved it! Thanks God for being so real and present in my life! So, my husband spoiled me by buying me a Mac computer as an early Christmas present!
He came home and told me that he had prayed all day that it wouldn't arrive until he got home. He wanted to see my face when I opened it. About 5 minutes after he says that, if that, the doorbell rings and there is the FedEx guy I had waited around for all day! Does God hear my husbands prayers or what! I thank God for a godly husband who prays about everything! That makes me feel so secure in being his wife. Spoiled rotten I am! Lord, thank you for all you bless me with! Now I will be able to work from home. |
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