A Christmas Blessing!

    "Your word, O Lord, is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens.  Your faithfulness continues through all generations; You established the earth, and it endures.  Your laws endure to this day, for all things serve You.  If Your law had not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.  I will never forget Your precepts, for by them You have preserved my life"  Psalms 119:89-93

     "Great are the works of the Lord; they are pondered by all who delight in them.  Glorious and majestic are His deeds, and His righteousness endures forever.  He has caused His wonders to be remembered; the Lord is gracious and compassionate."  Psalms 111:2-4

     "Praise the Lord.  Praise the Lord, O my soul.  I will praise the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live."  Psalms 146:1-2

     Oh, how great is the Lord!  He has carried us through and blessed us beyond measure!  This past weekend, just a week before Christmas, Danny and I found out we are expecting our second baby!  Words cannot express our happiness and joy.  Oh, how He loves us! 

     We prayed and hoped the Lord would pour His mercy on us, and now to see that He wants to bless us and bring joy back to our lives; what an honor.  We prayed for the Lord's timing; that He would speak to us through the doctors.  We prayed for patience as we waited for that time to arrive.  We hoped He would see fit to bless us right away, but of course it was hard to let our hopes rise too high.  We are so in awe of the Lord.  We know that anything is possible for Him, we prayed He would allow this for us, and yet prepared ourselves for a negative.  Oh what a blessing!

     This precious baby is very new and has been so prayed for already.  Not just by us, but by so many dear loved ones.  This baby is just as much in our Lord's arms as our precious Hannah is.  We pray His will for this little one, just as we did for Hannah. We are excited to be able to share such happy news with everyone, and know that prayers will begin to be poured out on our beautiful second child. 

     We have spent the last few days trying to believe this baby is really here.  It has been such a blessing to wake up in the morning and feel overwhelmingly happy, instead of such sadness.  We miss Hannah terribly and although we wish she were here with us, we praise the Lord for blessing us in such a dark time in our lives.  I know Hannah wanted us to have this little one just as much as the Lord did.

     "I will exalt you , my God the King; I will praise Your name for ever and ever."  Psalms 145:1
     Amen!