Promise Keeper

Today is a special day for our family, it's the birthday of our sweet baby Kate.  And, that perfect, precious girl will always be a reminder of how God keeps His promises, how He creates perfection, and how He covers and protects those who rely on His Word.

As I sat down in the rocking chair in the room where I have rocked Kate since the day I brought her home from the hospital, I was overwhelmed with thankfulness.  I began to think about the love of our heavenly Father and His precious Son, Jesus.  Any good earthly father desires to lavish their love upon their children and one way they do this is by always keeping their promises, doing exactly what they have said they will do. Our heavenly Father is the same way - He desires for us to listen to Him, to get to know His promises, rely on His Words, and then watch Him finish His plan with perfection.

This morning, I thank my heavenly Father for the promise of baby Kate.  Early in the pregnancy, the enemy made an attempt to steal our peace through negative reports from the doctor.  Then, on the day she was born, our baby Kate was born in a way that could have been risky to her survival.  BUT....neither one of these threats from the enemy harmed our baby girl.  Why? Because we (her parents) and her Jesus trusting family and close friends, used our authority (through the name of Jesus) to send the enemy running. God told us Kate would be perfect and we trusted in that Word all the way through.  Since that October 21st, 2013 day, I have NEVER doubted God's Word and what He will do when we trust in Him.

So...this morning I also thank God for the perfection of baby Hannah.  As I still sit in my ever so loved and used rocking chair, I look forward to the quickly approaching day where I get to look into baby Hannah's precious eyes and touch her tiny body parts that I know God is completing right now.  This baby girl had God's Word spoken about her BEFORE we knew she was in my womb. Landis received a timely phone call from a precious friend of ours just minutes before we took a positive pregnancy test. This friend of his knew we were expecting a third baby even before we knew it.  As we confirmed to him that, yes, our pregnancy test was positive, this friend began to tell us all about the promises God had for this baby girl. He told us about the joyful person she would be, how she would be bold for Jesus among a generation who would toss out "religion" and would instead KNOW Jesus.  This friend went on to claim that my pregnancy would be complication free and joyful.

Well, I sit here confirming that this friend was exactly right.  I cannot believe how smooth this pregnancy has gone. I have a little over 7 weeks left and I feel great! The doctor's say "I'm elderly" in pregnancy years but I don't feel any older than I did when I was pregnant with Luke. Thank you Jesus for upholding this body!!! I look forward to the December day that God fulfills the other part of His promise and delivers us with a sweet and perfect JOYFUL baby Hannah.

Luke and I are reading through Genesis together each night and every time we read, Luke and I talk about how time after time in that first book of the Bible, God spoke and what He spoke happened.  It is such a blessing to then be able to show Luke how God STILL works this way today by reminding Luke of all the promises God has spoken in our lives and then fulfilled.

Friends....God loves you and He has promises for you that He will fulfill as you trust Him!  Have a blessed and beautiful October 21st!

Toddy