Thoughts on Pregnancy

Well its Christmas day and I'm still pregnant! I can't say I have ever thought of such a long amount of time in weeks before but for the first time I'm looking back on 40 weeks of my life. Its interesting that woman are pregnant for about 40 weeks, I wonder if God did this on purpose. 40 is a number he uses often for his people in times of trial, wandering, and learning...I think that in these last 40 weeks I have definitely faced many trials, done some wandering and I have learned a lot! I thought I would just share with you one major thing that God has taught me over the past 40 weeks.

Pregnancy has reminded me of how anxious I can get about things...and I know that it will only get worse when Jimmy is born! But over the past 9 months God has taught me over and over again that He is in control of my life and in control of Jimmy's life and I am not. "You are not your own, you have been bought at a price." This is a fact that I daily resist and yet that I daily find to be my only hope in life and in death. God reminded me of this especially the other day as I read from my devotional reading about the parable of the talents. My devotional told the story of a Dr. Moon who, when suddenly struck with blindness said, "Lord, I accept this 'talent' of blindness from You. Help me to use it for Your glory so that when You return, you may receive it 'back with interest'" I was reminded, as I meditated on this, that parenting is also a 'talent' given to us by God. Jimmy is not ours but has been given to us by God. My prayer through the tough times and the amazing times will be that God may help us to use this talent for His glory. In other words, I pray that God will use us in Jimmy's life, like He used Eli in Samuel's life. That we may help him hear God's voice and help to lead Jimmy in path's of righteousness so that when Christ returns He may receive Jimmy back with interest...a heart that knows God's love, grace, and salvation.

Well, thanks for indulging my thoughts! I can't wait to meet little Jimmy and hope that he comes really soon! Merry Christmas to everyone and may we all be in awe today of God's great gift of salvation through Jesus...He is our only hope in life and in death.