I’m SO grateful
that God has chosen to give another Little Blessing to our home! I’m rejoicing
in the fact that God reached down from Heaven and is making my body ABLE to
carry another baby, despite the world warning me differently! But there are so many times, when I look
around me and wonder, can I really do this?! I’m struggling right now, just
dealing with an active 13-month-old who’s had runny diapers and been staining
outfits left-and-right for the past week!
HOW ON EARTH will I EVER do dishes or keep up with laundry when I’m back
to sitting on the couch, nursing for 8 hours out of the day? Or how will I EVER
properly correct and discipline as Brooklyn moves into the 2-year-old stage? Am
I really READY for two children? I think I need to re-memorize Psalm 57:7 – “My
heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise.” And
then there’s my special verse in Psalm 113:9 - “He maketh the barren woman to
keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children . . .” A JOYFUL mother of
children! Yes! Ok! I can do this! I just
have to trust in the Lord! I’ll be joyful! It will all work out! And then I
begin to question and doubt again . . .
What other
thoughts have been plaguing this expectant mother’s mind? I have no idea where
this baby is going to be born! Is the
Lord suddenly going to supply the job, the house, and the money required, for us to make a long-distance
move? If we stay here, can we possibly fit two cribs in that one small bedroom?
How can I start planning, rearranging and decorating for this poor little one,
if I don’t even know where we’re going to be in the next few months? Will I
even still be here NEXT month, to find out the baby’s gender, or will we be
caught in the middle of an insurance transition? My mind just wants to go CRAZY
sometimes with all of the wonderings, the fears, and the “what ifs”!
Do you know what
I KNOW that I need, more than anything, right now? THE SECURITY OF GOD’S
PRESENCE. Psalm 36:7 declares, “How
excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their
trust under the shadow of thy wings.”
Our daughter Brooklyn usually cries HYSTERICALLY if someone is vacuuming
in the house, but if someone else is HOLDING HER during the vacuuming, she’s perfectly
fine! How often are we just like that?
Completely flipping out when we’re overwhelmed and scared, unless we STOP and
realize that we are being HELD by our Heavenly Father! Psalm 34:17 “The
righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their
troubles.” Psalm 34:4 “I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me
from all my fears.” Not just one of my fears – ALL of them! How I need to hold
onto that verse, once again!
If I feel alone
with my fears, Psalm 139:7 reminds me, “Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or
whither shall I flee from thy presence?” Why have I chosen to write about these
things, tonight, as my baby girl is sleeping and my husband is working?
Perhaps, because it is during the quiet moments, that we tend to THINK and to
FEAR the most. The month of July has
threatened to choke my heart with fearful discouragement, this year. I wrote this devotional because I NEEDED to
write this devotional! I NEEDED these verses, this month! Are you, too, in need
of the security of God’s Holy Presence, tonight? Then may we pray the words of Psalm
61:1-2, 4: “Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer. From the end of the
earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock
that is higher than I . . . I will trust in the covert of thy wings.” God Bless, Dear Sisters, and Goodnight!
A big congratulations. I pray everything is going well. Just keep trusting and praying.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! I truly appreciate it! :)
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