Baby's Due Date~

What an amazing week....Any moment now-life as we know it shall be changed forever.


Just topped off a Bowl of strawberry Breyers with added banana and blueberries.


Lord, that Thou wouldst grant the most precious gift of Your own life! That You would chose to come! To clothe and even cover us sinful people---then over and above give Your daily grace, Your Shepherding--and Now, our little one being knit together in darkness, in the quiet with His Maker's love--I am undone.
There is no word. "Gift", "treasure", "blessing"--these all fall so short of the thriving life within we anxiously anticipate.


What a wonder--that God would choose this timing--our American experience wrapped up in our first pregnancy journey. My family! My food :) My humor--my language! It's all been amazing and the growth for Paul and I since we landed in Phoenix is evident in the strength of our unity. We praise Him!


The support and care Paul and I have received from the body of Christ in this time has been unlike anything we have every witnessed. It has been overwhelming, compelling and humbling in every way. It has kept us on our face before our Lord; it has fueled our fire anew to take the Gospel to the ends of the earth, to see this baby as God's great champion to the nations, to give our all for our King. May we be faithful. And to think one of my great worries at Christmas time was a little bassinet and wash clothes for baby. Now we hardly have space for all his stuff! God loves to keep us surprised.
I have never known another way with Jehovah! He is always on time--tho I feel just barely.  He loves to save the day and keep me fully hanging on Him. We didn't know until just this week how He would provide or where, now a place has been provided to labor in and hopefully have a natural labor, so grateful. 



Exceedingly anxious to hold our precious one, to stare at his little face and kiss his hairy head. Can hardly imagine how perfect He will be! I confess, thinking about him is an obsession. We praise God and anticipate a great time of worship during his labor however that will look. I am resting in the fact HE will do as HE pleases. In this, I can truly say I have found my peace. I am content with whatever God decides; this is the precious time for Paul and I and my cup is full.

My Paul has just been awesome! Especially his sweet care in my contractions. He is a good distracter, coming close rubbing my head praying over me and helping me focus on intercession and off myself. He is good at that. :)
It still could be days before baby.... ‘Foxes Book of Martyrs’ has also been a great distracter keeping perspective.
The sweetest, joyous time. As Scarlett said at the cafe shower, "It is truly amazing how God is granting all the desires of your heart, Molly". It is something. I would have never imagined the joy ahead of me just five years back. The dark valley of waiting is now a cherished part of my life, seeing His sovereign finger-prints preparing my fragile heart for all He had coming. He is Great and Greatly to be praised!

“Arise! Shine! Your light has Come, and the glory of the LORD has dawned”           Isaiah 60:1