Fearless.
That sums up in one word what I wanted to be when it came to childbirth.
What I had thought I would be when it came down to it.
What I had been until I realized.....*I* was about to fully experience the pain and process.
This reminds me of how I felt my freshman year of nursing school. Totally clueless and naive of the hard work, long hours, and late nights // blood, sweat and tears // that lay in the path that stretched out before me, but bright-eyed and eager to begin the journey.
It is a mercy of God, I think, that a lot of times we don't know exactly what lies ahead. I think if He fully revealed that to us, we would either (a) lose the realization that we need Him or (b) hide in fear.
A verse that the Lord made real to me during college and that Dan and I really appreciate is 2 Corinthians 3:5
I received some of the biggest blessings walking that long, hard path through nursing school. I saw more of God and saw more of my need for Him during that time than I probably have at any other single time. So knowing that and knowing nothing, yet something, of what lies ahead on this journey......I can be fearless.
Reading:
That sums up in one word what I wanted to be when it came to childbirth.
What I had thought I would be when it came down to it.
What I had been until I realized.....*I* was about to fully experience the pain and process.
This reminds me of how I felt my freshman year of nursing school. Totally clueless and naive of the hard work, long hours, and late nights // blood, sweat and tears // that lay in the path that stretched out before me, but bright-eyed and eager to begin the journey.
It is a mercy of God, I think, that a lot of times we don't know exactly what lies ahead. I think if He fully revealed that to us, we would either (a) lose the realization that we need Him or (b) hide in fear.
A verse that the Lord made real to me during college and that Dan and I really appreciate is 2 Corinthians 3:5
'Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves,
but our adequacy is from God'
but our adequacy is from God'
I received some of the biggest blessings walking that long, hard path through nursing school. I saw more of God and saw more of my need for Him during that time than I probably have at any other single time. So knowing that and knowing nothing, yet something, of what lies ahead on this journey......I can be fearless.
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- A glimpse into these last weeks of pregnancy - raspberry tea / alfalfa pills / The Birth Partner |
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34 weeks + 3 days |
Reading:
'There is a robber at every turn of the road to rob you of your jewels;
there is a temptation in every mercy;
there is a snare in every joy;
and if you ever reach heaven,
it will be a miracle of divine grace to be ascribed entirely to your Father's power.'
there is a temptation in every mercy;
there is a snare in every joy;
and if you ever reach heaven,
it will be a miracle of divine grace to be ascribed entirely to your Father's power.'
'Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe.'
Charles Spurgeon from Morning and Evening
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