I seriously can't believe we are only 4 months away from meeting Kaleb. I would be lying if I didn't say that some days my thoughts are absolutely consumed about what life will be like when he gets here. Yesterday, I was doing ordinary tasks of laundry and washing the dishes (by hand) and it just hit me like a brick how much those things are going to change! I think I have a lot of laundry now....that's definitely going to change! I also walk into the baby's future room a lot, which is empty right now, and stress that nothing is done. I am such a planner, and the fact that the crib is sitting in pieces and the room is completely unready makes me a nervous wreck. It's a good thing I have Eddie to pull me back to reality and reassure me everything will be fine.
So, because of the above, my prayer/quiet time has been lacking. It still is a daily priority, but not at the same (quality) level that it was before we got pregnant. Before, my plea to God about 20 times a day (or more) was to bring us a child. But not only to bring us a child, but several others:
-I follow a blog by a girl named Amy, who writes about how she and her husband have struggled with infertility for almost 6 years
-Eddie and I also got to know 2 other couples at One Life (who we had no other connection with except our infertility struggles) who had been trying to have a child for longer than we had, and had gone through a LOT more medical procedures than we had, with no luck
My daily prayer was that God would bless ALL of us with children, that he would move the mountain of infertility. I read and prayed Hannah's prayer from 1 Samuel on a daily basis for the 4 of us women who wept often, begging God to make us mothers.
Well, in the past 6 months:
-I found out I was pregnant in December
-One of the 2 couples from church also found out they were expecting and due this fall
-Amy (whose blog I follow) was spontaneously asked to adopt a 6 week old little girl, and is 3 states away from her home waiting on paperwork to finalize the adoption
It seemed that God had finally heard us! Our prayers were all coming true. However, this week I've been deeply convicted about my lack of continued prayer for the last couple that is still "in waiting". My prayers shouldn't slack off just because I got what I prayed for. They are still hurting, still begging for God to grant their request too. At church, we've been challenged to pray mountain moving prayers, and this past week Bret said "You could be God's answer for someone else's prayer." So with that, my prayers are shifting to this other couple - ultimately that God will bless them with a child, but that they have strength and patience in their waiting, and trust that God's plans are bigger and MUCH better than ours. Please join me in praying for them.
What mountain moving prayers are you praying? How do your prayers (and your heart) change when you realize and acknowledge that YOU could be God's answer to someone else's prayer?
