God's faithfulness, however, is not avoidable. And for that, I am very grateful. He totally showed up when I needed him most. He gave me the strength to listen to "how hard it is to be a mom", to comments about "missing work and missing life". He gave me the strength to hold and love on these babies. To listen to the stories. To rejoice in the miracle of new life.
He has showed up every.single.time. He has given me the strength to tell all my co-workers daily updates on the new baby, to listen to them tell me their birth stories, because for some reason, it helps them relate to me updating them on my friend.
He is faithful, even when I don't have the strength to maintain the faith.
I was recently given a book called "What Women Fear" by Angie Smith.
Knowing the story about the author, made me extra excited to dig in to this book, and the book does not disappoint. I am only on the 3rd chapter, but already, am so excited to finish it. What I love about this book is that it takes common, every day fears that women struggle with like being abandoned, ridiculed, left out, not good enough, etc., and relates those to stories in the bible where people like Hagar and Leah struggled with the SAME THING! It is truly amazing to realize that no matter what the time, the issues are the same. The book is such a great reminder of God's faithfulness and His answers to all the feelings that we have...and most of those feelings have an underlying theme of fear.
Run, don't walk, to get this book: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/what-women-fear-angie-smith/1101871710. You won't regret it.
God is faithful. I am taking my imperfect attempts at having faith and laying them at the feet of Jesus and asking Him to do the rest. To meet me where I am. To fill my cup.
Patiently and Specifically Praying for a baby we will name Ellis-
Much Love-
Al
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