Another Praise...

If you haven't heard yet, one of my dearest bloggy friends, Faith, shared some AWESOME news this weekend. If you havne't visited her blog, you can check out her post HERE.

I honestly think I've looked at her post about a million times. I was so happy when I saw her first picture and then nearly fell on the floor when I scrolled down to see her second picture.

God is faithful!!!

We are still waiting on His answer to our prayers and feel confident that whatever we ask for in prayer, if we believe, it will be giving to us. Mark 11:24.

Qwh...

A sweet sweet friend of mine emailed me an excerpt from the Beth Moore Bible Study she is doing at her church called "Looking Up, Trusting God With Your Every Need." She also shared that she and her Bible study group have been praying for me. I couldn't feel MORE blessed by sweet, thoughtful, and Godly women like her.

In the excerpt she shared, she introduced me to the word qwh. It is a Hebrew word that means "to lie in wait for someone…to expect, await, look for patiently, hope; to be confident, trust; to be enduring."

Their dicussion this day centered around this verse...

"...The Lord is my portion or share, says my living being (my inner self); therefore will I hope in Him and wait expectantly for Him. The Lord is good to those who wait hopefully and expectantly for Him, to those who seek Him [inquire of and for Him and require Him by right of necessity and on the authority of God's word]..." - Lamentations 3: 24-25

I am in qwh..waiting expectantly for the blessings that I know He will bestow on us.

Mom...

With Mother's Day tomorrow, I've been trying my best to keep my eyes fixed on the prize...a baby resulting from this next IVF procedure.

I had a doctor's appointment this morning to check on our progress and all went well. Praise the LORD for that!

Around noon, I had a knock at the door and the FedEx guy was there to deliver a package. I honestly thought he must have the wrong address because I hadn't ordered anything. But the package clearly had my name on it. So  I opened it and this is what was inside...

Chocolate covered strawberries...YUMMO!

But the card inside the box was a MILLION times better than the strawberries...

I am STILL speechless over the sweet words on this card. These words made me realize the reason I want to have a baby so much...I want David and I to be the parents that my mom and dad were (and still are) to me...ALWAYS loving, supportive, and giving.

I'm so ready to be a mom.

Afternoon Cocktail...

For the past week or so, this has been my afternoon cocktail...

Yep, you've guessed it. We're trying AGAIN! Keep us in your prayers that the Lord blesses us with the greatest gift ever :)

Confidence...

I would say that I am a pretty confident person.

I don't know what has changed, but I can remember as a child that I HATED to order my food in a restaurant. I was pretty shy growing up and dreaded our Sunday ritual of going out to lunch after church because my dad would make me order my own food. I know now that he was trying to teach us something, but then, it was like torture!

I also remember that I never wanted to eat in front of people for some reason (Lord knows I've gotten over that fear because I eat all the time, no matter who is watching)! I didn't want to eat at lunch during high school and I would NEVER eat if I was out on a date. Which only left me ravished when I got home.

I was always a leader in school too...especially when it involved dance, like on the dance teams I was on. I had NO problems directing the dance teams, teaching a routine, or making sure everyone was on task. But, if you put me in front of the class and had me do a presentation, I was terrified!

I'm not sure what happened over the years...but I've definitely overcome all those fears and feel pretty confident in each of those areas. I'm not shy about placing my order at a restaurant (even though I would prefer the hubby doing it for me...just because I think it's polite and what a husband should do). I already mentioned that I have no qualms with eating and I don't care WHO is watching :) And these days, I make presentations in front of  principals and district personnell all the time...and never skip a beat.

But one thing that I'm learning to be confident in, is God. I read this verse today...

"But blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him.

They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit."

Jeremiah 17:7-8

The truth of the matter is, I have no confidence about this next IVF cycle we plan to go through. What if I don't get the answer that I have been waiting, hoping, and praying for? It literally scares me to the core! I have to repeatedly dig down deep in my soul and remember that even when things are not aligned with my heart's desires and everything is going wrong, I must trust that He has my best interest in mind. I can't take responsibility for holding my world in my hands...my hands aren't big enough for that.

Letting go of the control and realizing that I am inadequate to be responsible for what lies ahead IS confidence. Yet, it's one of the hardest things for me.

I pray that despite what is happening around me, inside of me, and to me, that the Lord is more than enough. I believe in His Word and His promises for me. And more importantly, I have confidence that NOTHING is impossible for Him. 

A Picture is Worth...

A picture is worth a thousand words.

I saw this pin on Pinterest and it really spoke to me.

I pray every single day for all the families experiencing unexplained infertility.

Pity Party...

I have been having a rough few weeks. I stepped away from blogging for a while because I couldn't take reading about how so many others have been blessed with babies, yet we are still waiting. I know it sounds selfish and in all honesty, it is.

I think I hit rock bottom after I decided to scroll through my favorite blogs to catch up on their lives. I realized that out of ALL the ladies that I had connected with through infertility, only two of them are still waiting. What a HUGE blessing for so many women that had been praying for YEARS for their babies! But instead of being over the top happy for all these girls I kept thinking, when will it be my turn?

Unfortunately, another stressor that is ALWAYS knocking on my door is that David and I will turn 39 and 40 this summer. The closer we get to 40 the more anxiety I feel about ever becoming a mother. The trials, tests, procedures, doctors, shots, highs and lows are really starting to weigh on our hearts and minds as we continue to be patient and wait on the Lord.

I'm just so ready for it to by my turn.

Okay...my pity party is over :)