But even in this and in all things, God is so good! And I have so much to praise Him for! I am so thankful for a husband who purposefully and diligently loves and cares for me everyday! I am thankful for the many prayers of those brothers and sisters in Christ, both near and far! And, of course, I am so very thankful for the blessing that God is kniting together in my womb!
No words can describe the emotions felt when I saw our child for the first time! Tears streamed down my face as we heard the heart beat, and as we saw our quite active little one moving about! Joy overcame me! Though I believed God was growing a child in me, nothing could describe what it was like to see and hear the child... these trials endured over the past weeks had not been in vain! Ah, what a sweet foretaste of what is to come when I see my Savior for the first time! When my faith shall be sight!
I remember turning to the Whitney (the ultrasound lady) and telling her, "It is nice to know that I am going through all of this for a purpose." Once again, a reminder... for every trial we endure really is for a purpose and that purpose is to be conformed into the image of Christ! Praise God!Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. II Corinthians 4: 16-18
