When I was pregnant with Maggie, I took great joy in Psalm 139:13-16. I marveled at the thought that while we couldn’t see our child, she was not and is not hidden from Him. God has had a plan for Maggie since long before we even thought of her. That God knit her together and she is fearfully and wonderfully made.
Throughout my pregnancy with Jessie, I kept looking for a verse for the new baby. I knew that once I heard or saw it, I would know that THIS was the verse for him or her. Nothing stood out to me. Then I got her a baby book with lots of Bible verse in it and one FINALLY stood out to me: 1 Thessalonians 3:9
How we thank God for you! Because of you we have great joy in the presence of God.
As Rocky and I talked about last night, I have been thinking about Jessie since Maggie was about a year old. And after the miscarriage, the thankfulness for a full term pregnancy and healthy baby are beyond anything I could have thought of. So oh, how I thank God for Jessie.
And because of the great joy her big sister takes in her:
Such a beautiful entry! I'm off to look up that Psalm.
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