All in all it was a good Mother's Day. I started the day off with my quite time which was on something I needed to hear. Then I spent about 30 minutes in prayer. My prayer ended up being similar to that of Hannah's in 1 Samuel. Then guess what we talked about in Sunday School. Hannah and 1 Samuel...God you are so funny some times!
Hannah - married, discovered she was baren and husband took another wife, he now has 2 wives...Hannah understandably bitter, husbands second wife has a baby, Hannah even more bitter, husbands second wife rubs it in Hannah's face that she and her hubby have a baby together and she doesn't. Stop here, if I was Hannah I can't imagine what I would do. I would have to leave the situation or I would probably do something very awful to her. Hannah fervently prayed that God would bless her with a baby. She made a vow to God, that if He would give her a son that she would give her son to the Lord for all the days of his life. God answered and gave her a son and she named him Samuel.
Our Sunday School lesson was so good, hard to hear, but good. Thank you Vince for letting the Lord speak through you. In his lesson he made a point that hit home. If Hannah would have had Samuel at age 20 without all the trials and heartache, she would love him and probably teach him about God, but because she went through such grief and God answered her prayers and gave her a son, she was much more grateful and knew that God had great things in store for Samuel. And Samuel became a great man of God!
I have been struggling with the questions of why I have not yet gotten pregnant and although this lesson has been a hard one. I truly feel that God has great things in store for our family and we are learning lessons before that time is here. I feel that I could not have realted to someone struggling to get pregnant before and now I can. God thankfully has put a wonderful friend in my life that had the same struggles and she has been a huge help. I haven't felt all alone! Now, maybe I can be a good friend to someone else in the future. Thank you God for Kristy and I pray that you will use me and the trials I have been through to bring glory to Your name.
After church we went to lunch with friends, had a nap, then ate a very fancy dinner with my parents and without kids. The kids made me several things at church and I posted below what Chance and the boys gave me for Mother's Day. So, while it was emotional it was a good Mother's Day.
