Our Sun Stand Still Prayer Answered. :)

Over the last 6 months, both mine and Eddie's lives have been radically transformed after reading the book Sun Stand Still.  This book, for those who haven't read it, is about how to take your normal, everyday prayers and completely change the way you pray them.  Author Stephen Furtick challenges readers to have big, audacious prayers, make your case before God based upon his faithfulness to those like you in the Bible, and most importantly, to push and march while you pray.  A few quotes, just to give you an idea, say things like "what seems impossible for me isn't even remotely difficult for God," and "prayer is not a last resort, it's a nuclear weapon".  Read it, you won't be disappointed.

After reading the book together around August, Eddie and I completely changed our way of praying our one big, audacious prayer - to have a child.  One of our main issues with the whole situation had been that we had never heard a clear "yes" or "no" from God.  After reading the book, we decided we were going to take the next step and keep marching forward until God answered our prayer or stopped us.

We looked into adoption and saw a doctor to get back on fertility medicine at the same time, knowing God would lead us down the path he wanted for us.  We completely opened up to our life group about our struggles with having a child, and support just poured in.  For the last several months, we have received phone calls, text messages,  and emails almost daily of people praying for us.  I cannot stress enough how much we appreciate it.  For the first time since we started this journey, we clearly heard God saying "just have faith, good things are coming soon."

And they finally have.  After only one month of fertility medicine this round, we are pleased to announce our first child will arrive in August.  Eddie and I are completely overjoyed and filled with gratitude for those who completely covered us in prayer these last 6 months.  We could never thank you enough.

So many scriptures describe what we are feeling right now, but Psalm 103:1 pretty much sums it up:

"Let all that I am praise the Lord; with my whole heart, I will praise his holy name."

Thanks to God has continually come from our mouths the last several weeks.  We are and will continue to praise God for his goodness and faithfulness.

Our Sun Stand Still prayer has been partially answered.  Please pray with us for our child to develop normally and be healthy through the entire pregnancy.  We know what awesome things God can do!

Brittney, Eddie, and Baby Gomez