Hopeful Expectation-Welcoming Selah Grace
I'm in my head today. Journey with me to October 8th, 2014 5am...ish. It was dark and my house was quiet. Like so many nights before it, I was restless and so very ready to give birth to this baby girl. Ten days before my due date, I still just longed to get her out of my body and see her sweet face. It is no secret that pregnancy is just not my favorite thing. Although I am in awe at the goodness of God to allow me to be pregnant and the sheer majesty of His workmanship inside of my body over the course of those 9 months, I just feel pretty miserable, but I digress. As I laid there afraid to hope that this feeling I had would produce a real contraction, I decided a hot bath would at least help me to relax. So I drew a bath and slipped into the quietness of many moments and thoughts before. The dark stillness was and is my space and place for prayer and reflection. I sunk my heart, body, mind and soul into Christ in that tub. ...