Quick Saturday

Today I wanted to take ten minutes and thank the Lord for his blessings and if I have any extra time I will share a recap of our week.

Thanking the Lord for...

His protection of our family we have all been sick and last night we prayed for Zane because we were worried for him as he slept alot more than usual yesterday. He slept well and ate well thru the night. Woke up with a stuffy nose but other than that he seems to be doing better and maybe the sleep was much needed :)

His faithfulness in answering our prayers and giving me the strength I need to be the mother I need to be for my children.

His provision. We have had the blessing of receiving meals the whole first week that I was home from the hospital. I can't measure that in anything but a blessing! Also under provision I can put that I have had the huge blessing of having my husband home with me ever since we had Zane and he will be off until this next Wednesday, a total of two weeks!

His Word. Scott and I have had the blessing of committing ourselves to reading the Word together this year all the way through. I can't begin to tell you what this has done for our relationship it's almost an invisible help that I can feel more than see! The blessing of that time together with the Lord is something I never want to stop! This is not just a year thing this is a life thing and I wouldn't have it any other way! I was thinking the other day and was weighing whether or not it would be as much of a blessing to read alone as it is together. To be honest I think it is great either way but I know within my heart that the Lord wanted us to do this together to strengthen us together in Him.

The blessing of family. The girls have been so good and they have been so thoughtful of the time that Mommy needs with the baby to meet all his basic needs. Faith can hold Zane amazingly already. Justice gets to hold him too but with alot more help. Scott has been by far just way more than I can ever imagine or deserve! I can't praise God enough for my amazing husband! Life without him would be incomplete and impossible!

Finally I thank the Lord for my salvation. While Scott and I were reading this week we were in Psalms 22. I was reading aloud and then it hit me what I was reading. It's all prophetic about Jesus' sacrifice for us and as I was reading I was so shaken with what He had to endure for me! I began to weep as I was reading to think that for a sinner like me that He would endure that affliction! It's beyond to me I can't wrap my head around it! Then to think the next chapter in Psalms 23 is such a comfort to us. I continued to be sorrowful over my sin even in that chapter seeing His great love that He bestows as undeserving as I am! God is so merciful and His grace I cannot comprehend!

Thank You Lord for all that You are and all that You do for this sinner.