Blessings

Sorry to let everybody down..don't know that it's practical for me to be posting daily on our blog but I am going to shoot for 2-3 times a week.

From having time to slow down and gather my thoughts over the past few weeks...it's helped me to reflect on some things and I thought would be neat to share.

First of all...I will start with a question...
When was the last time you just sat and took time to be still and quiet and LISTEN?

Everyone has asked me how bedrest was...I would tell people..just try to sit on the couch for one day. And when I say sit..I mean sit...only up for bathroom breaks and meals (to sit at the table, not cook it). I had 3-4 bags of stuff sitting around me b/c I wasn't suppose to just get up every time I thought of something I needed. So there were days I thought I was going to go crazy and was tired of just sitting there, but there were more days that it was a blessing in disguise. The whole bedrest experience forced me to sit still, be quiet and open my heart and mind to what was to come. Looking back on it, it was definitely a blessing and I can come out of it saying I'm thankful.

During that time I did a lot of praying and preparing my heart and mind for what was to come...one day, I even wrote in my prayer journal some specific requests for the Lord. I don't do that often, but feel like maybe I should be. Just wanted to share some of those with yall.
-delivery, for it to be smooth, no epidural or c-section...ANSWERED
-No NICU for baby P (Briggs, now that we know who he is)....ANSWERED
-The right nurses to assist with deliver...MORE THAN ANSWERED!
-Doctor Swindle to deliver Briggs...ANSWERED
-Timing of delivery and birth...ANSWERED
-physical recovery...BEING ANSWERED

Now I know those may not be huge things to all of you...but with nothing but time on your hands..it's easy to let those specific things I listed to make you a nervous wreck. With this being our first baby and everything, there were so many things I was anxious about, this time helped me to turn them over to the Lord and let His will be done.
That verse...And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith. Matthew 21:22.
Now I'm not saying if some of these things didn't happen that it would have made me doubt the Lord's plan and power, but I am saying that the Lord heard the desires of my heart and was faithful to answer them very specifically. Reminds me of another verse (my favorite actually)
Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart Psalm 37:4

My heart is overflowing at the moment with love for our precious baby boy and pure joy. What a miracle to go through a pregnancy and birth and come out with something so perfect. I can't stop looking at him during the day and just kissing his little (fat) cheeks. Briggs has already been such a blessing to Justin and I and everything we went through to get him here was worth every second.
I mean who wouldn't want to eat those fat little cheeks up!

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. James 1:17