Christie and I are rejoicing together in the kindness, love, faithfulness and sovereignty of God in hearing our prayers and allowing Christie to become pregnant with what seems like a very healthy little baby! Lord willing, this will be our 5th child that we will be entrusted with.
I have previously wrote about the painful but valuable lessons learned in the trials of loosing multiple children. Times like these are especially sweet and God is seen especially powerful when his gracious work is buttressed up against such trials.
A really encouraging aspect of this pregnancy is that our kids have been praying alongside of us for several months, maybe even a couple of years, for a new baby. Now they are able to see that it is God who hears and answers prayer. It is God that gives and sustains life! What a great, God-exalting truth!
We are reminded of the dependence that all life has upon our Life-Giving God, whether we are in the womb or in the living room, it is that “he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything.” (Acts 17.25) So we continue to pray and ask you to kindly join with us for the opportunity to point this child towards the Lord Jesus Christ.
Check out these ultra-sound pictures. Christie is 13 weeks:
Now, you will notice that the baby is covertly flashing the “5’s” a somewhat familiar message.
For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. (Psalm 139.13-14)
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