Today's Reading....

Today was a difficult day to be a mom. Long story so I'll just leave it at that. I decided to go back to a verse that was read to me time and time again when we were struggling with what we thought was infertility.

"Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate." Psalm 127:3-5

We couldn't understand why if God had all these great things to say about having children we couldn't get pregnant. Then my dad said the Holy Spirit directed him to send us to 1 Samuel chapter 1. We read about Hannah and her struggle. What we understood from that was that we weren't really in charge of if, when, or how many children we would have.

So we prayed like Hannah. We promised that child, even before conception, to God. He answered quickly. By quickly I mean within a week or two we had conceived. In addition to promising that child be dedicated to God we promised to raise him as God would have us to. We don't really read parenting books, except one, Creative Correction, by Lisa Whelchel. Its the only one we have read because its the only one we have felt release to read. Otherwise the decisions we have made have all been directed by the Holy Spirit. We didn't feel the need to gather advice from people when we had the direct line to God.

I do find myself, especially after today's big thing, desiring to seek an immediate piece of advice from others because its readily tangible. I get impatient to fix a problem and want the quick solution. Rarely is that solution compatible with what God would have us do.

I thoroughly love deeper than I ever thought possible this heritage that God has given us. It is even more special because the advice of man was that it would never happen for us. Again that wasn't compatible with what God promised us. I'm glad we didn't listen.

We are on our 3rd miracle child due in July. We just bought a used car that seats 7. Thad keeps telling people that soon we are going to have to buy a church bus for all the arrows in our quiver. I saw a T-shirt on the Internet that I wanted to buy. It read:

Yes, I'm pregnant again.
Yes, we know how it happens.
No, we don't think its too many.
No, you can't touch my belly.

I couldn't have said it better myself! Cherish your children and seek God for their growth and development. He really does know best how to raise them, after all He made them who they are. He also knows you are capable of raising them otherwise He wouldn't have given them to you.

Sorry for the length. This is something I am very passionate about. I also thought I would make up for missing last night. Love to all and goodnight!