Hi friends! Welcome to my first blog post. I am so glad you are here. For some backstory about my blog and about myself, please click on over to the “About Me!” tab on the homepage.
I want to take the time to use this first post to talk about the current status of my walk with God and what has been going on in my life to lead me to this point.
I am currently 24 weeks, or about 6 months pregnant with my first baby, Eden. Pregnancy has been my most favorite season of my life thus far and I look forward to sharing with y’all how pregnancy is going and things I have learned so far. I have learned so many things! From nutrition, to exercise, to spiritual warfare, pregnancy for the Christian woman, or woman at all, really, is not for the faint of heart! I’ve been saying to my husband, Bryce, lately that pregnancy during the summer is an Olympic sport.
Something Bryce & I are currently embarking on in our walk with Christ is engaging in the Bible Recap by Tara-Leigh Cobble. We are on day 3 and, wow! So much great insight so far. I will implement talking about what I have learned from it in future posts.
Something I have struggled with thus far in my faith during pregnancy is a fear of God. Because of my infertility journey, I find myself obsessing over my baby. Is she moving enough? Am I hurting her by lounging on the couch in this position? Have I had too much sugar? (I’ll keep y’all posted on this one… I have my glucose test in about 2 weeks… yikes!). I have found that I think I can do this better than God can by obsessing and fussing over Eden. I truly believe a lot of this stems from infertility. During that time, it seemed like we would never get to this point. And if it took this long to get here, is this really God’s plan for us? Does He want us to have a baby or did we force it to happen against His will? Remember, I said that I wanted to be a mommy since I was a little girl. God would NOT have put that on my heart if He didn’t want that for me.
THAT is what I am trying to remind myself of. THAT is who God is and always will be. How does this relate to doing the Bible Recap? The Bible Recap focuses on going through the Bible for a whole year, chronologically, focusing on God’s character. As a new Christian and a first-time mom who is struggling to understand God’s character, this seemed like the perfect place to start.
“‘For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.’” – Jeremiah 29:11