Quatro

Well...the news is out...Andy and I are expecting our FOURTH child. I am 11 weeks and due at the end of February. If you are doing the math, we will in fact have 4 children under 32 months (Your prayer are welcomed!). This unexpected surprise has taken and will continue to take a lot of processing. Here are some lessons that I've learned so far...

-Birth Control is only 99.9% effective. We tried to have "control" over the birth of our children, and God has ordained otherwise. May this also be a lesson to all you ladies out there...99.9% ain't 100% ha

-The thought of life is overwhelming to me, BUT the reality is probably easier. We have help and Silas and Mercy are at a good life stage. The are content to sit and play with toys; however, tides are soon changing as they start cruising and crawling around the house. But God graciously has postponed lots of movement until the end of this trimester.

-Sunday I felt convicted about the fact that the child that is growing in my belly is the Lord's and not mine. Of course I will Lord willing birth this baby, Andy and I will name him or her and raise the child just as we are our other three; however, he or she, like our other 3, is God's. I may not have planned this, but God did. I may not be super excited about feeling tired, overwhelmed and scared, but God had fashioned a little person for His glory.

-My new life verse is Isaiah 46:4 "Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you." May He do so...