Today I Choose Joy!

I pray that you had a very blessed week. What a great week to celebrate "LOVE" and life! I am so grateful for God's unfailing love and the great sacrifice that He made for us to one day live eternally with Him.



This week was a little challenging for me. Starting Sunday I began experiencing some cramping and by Tuesday morning, I was bleeding and had to see my OB 1st thing that morning. The doctor determined that my cervix is closed and we were able to hear the heartbeat clearly. However, I had to have a high risk sonogram to determine what else was going on.

It appears that the cause of the cramping & bleeding are due to some fibroid tumors growing on my uterus. We saw a pretty big one on the top of my uterus that was almost the size of the baby. I was placed on bed rest until the cramping and bleeding stopped. The doctors want to keep a close eye on the fibroids to make sure that they don't interfere with the baby's development. But from the looks of things, the baby was moving and kicking around as happy as can be.

I thank God for His Peace in the midst of this situation. I was off work all week and was able to get lots of rest. I also spent a great deal of time reading the Word and spending time in worship. I know sometimes God just wants our attention, without any distractions. I am grateful for all of the time that I got to spend with the Lord. It was much needed and certainly restored my soul.

I am feeling much better now. The cramping has been gone for at least 24 hrs and the bleeding is very minimal, just a little spotting here and there. So I praise God for His healing power!



Oh, I mentioned in the last post that I would tell you the story related to my due date, Sept. 12th, 2012. So here it is: Shortly after school began in September, I found out that my co-teacher, Angela, was expecting baby #4 and she was due on March 29, 2012 (my birthday). That pregnancy ended in a devastaing miscarriage on September 12th (my due date). It was an extremely painful experience for her and I prayed for her and did everything that I could to help her get through it.

Taurus and I were trying to have another baby but nothing was happening. We said if it happens, it happens and just left it the Lord's hands. My prayer was that if I did get pregnant, it would somehow bring healing to Angela. I had no idea about the connection between the dates until a few weeks after I told Angela that I was pregnant.

God is soooooooooo....AMAZING! My pregnacy is bringing healing to Angela. I keep her imformed about everything that's going on. She even got someone to watch our class a couple of times when I had to leave the room and run to the bathroom due to morning sickness. She makes sure that she's right there to give me water or whatever else I need. She is very supportive and held things down while I was out all week. I am so thankful to God for using me to help bring healing to her.

I've always held the belief that the things we go through are not really just for us, but for the countless other lives that will be touched by how God brought us out of our situation. Although, I've never experienced the pain of losing a child, I still see the hand of God in this situation and how he's bringing healing to Angela as she supports me.