Sharing What God Has Done

But watch out! Be careful never to forget what you yourself have seen. Do not let these memories escape from your mind as long as you live! And be sure to pass them on to your children and grandchildren.

This verse from Deuteronomy 4:9 has been one I have been meditating on for a few months. God has been teaching both me and Dave a lot about Himself, His peace that passes understanding, His sovereignty, and His plan for our lives. We wanted to share with you what’s been going on with us.

Late last August, we found out we were expecting a baby and we were thrilled!!! I called and made an appointment for my first OB check-up, and then I miscarried very early on at only 6 weeks. We were shocked and thought this would never happen to us! This wasn’t what we planned. We had figured out how far apart we wanted to have our kids and moved forward with our timeline. Well, God had other plans. He wanted to teach us about trusting Him and giving Him full control of our life and plans.

A few months later, we were trying again for a child. Around Christmas, I started feeling nauseous, a very clear sign that I was pregnant. I again made an appointment to go to the doctor around 8 weeks into the pregnancy. We were very anxious to go since we had previously miscarried. The date of our appointment finally arrived. Our doctor did the ultrasound but what he saw was not an 8 week old baby growing. He was confused and thought maybe I had gotten my calculations off and I was really 5-6 weeks pregnant instead. He scheduled another appointment a week later to see if the baby had grown any larger. That next ultrasound did not show a baby. Instead it was only a “bad” egg. My body believed I was pregnant, was growing a placenta, had symptoms but no baby was there. Again, we were surprised! This time I was actually feeling pregnant so why was this happening?!

We scheduled a procedure to have the pregnancy cleaned up/removed and looked forward to moving ahead. For what could have been another devastating loss, God gave us indescribable peace, a testimony to the power of prayer (we had a few close friends and family aware of the “bad egg,” praying for us). Through this second miscarriage, God was again teaching us to trust in Him and give Him full control of our family plans. (I guess we didn’t really get that figured out with the first miscarriage. :))

Since January and that last miscarriage, we have experienced such freedom and peace. We trust God completely and look forward to what He has planned for our family. We stopped thinking about “trying” for another baby and just allowed God to be in control. We were at peace with whatever He would decide. If it was His plan to give us only two beautiful kids, we would be more than blessed!!!

We are excited to share that God has now blessed us with another little one!!! Again, I started feeling nauseous and tired and knew I was pregnant. We made it, again, to the 8 week check-up and this time saw a beautiful, growing, healthy child with a strong heartbeat! We are completely thrilled and honored that God would trust us with another child. Right now I am 11 weeks pregnant, expecting the baby around January 12!

As Deuteronomy 4:9 says, we don’t want to forget what God has done for us. He has revealed Himself to us over and over through these past nine months and has blessed us abundantly with this child. We’ll be sure to pass on the stories of His goodness and faithfulness to our children and grandchildren, but we also wanted to pass it on to our family and friends now. :)

God is good! Rejoice with us!!!