Ok…So I finally finished this post that I began on December 14, 2011 today on August 3, 2012.\u00a0 Wow…what a ride.\u00a0 I think the spring was just as eventful as the fall!!\u00a0 I’ll explain later…on to the post!<\/p>\n
The lessons that we have learned through the pregnancy with Nathanael and his arrival are plentiful.\u00a0 To begin this post I want to share the founding principle that is the bedrock of our trust relationship with our Abba Father…God is Faithful!!\u00a0 Yes, He certainly is!<\/p>\n
This past Sunday was our second Sunday back at church since Nathanael’s birth.\u00a0 Yes, I put him in the nursery!!\u00a0 I know you Mom’s are wondering.\u00a0 We are blessed with some great volunteer’s in our children’s ministry who LOVE babies!\u00a0 That always puts a Mom’s heart at ease.\u00a0 After a stirring message on God’s faithfulness, our worship team began to lead us in a song by Matt Redman called “Never Once”.\u00a0 As I looked at the words and sung them my heart within me leaped.\u00a0 This was our journey over the past months!\u00a0 Quickly my hands were lifted in praise to my God and tears poured down my face and I proclaimed the Lord’s faithfulness to us.\u00a0 I had no idea but Tony was apparently having the same experience.\u00a0 I tear up just thinking about it.\u00a0 I want to share with you the words to this song and then I will share several scenes that flashed through my eyes as I sang that song.<\/p>\n
\nNever Once<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\nVerse 1
\nStanding on this mountain top
\nlooking just how far we’ve come
\nknowing that for every step
\nyou were with us<\/p>\nVerse 2
\nKneeling on this battle ground
\nseeing just how much you’ve done
\nknowing every victory
\nwas your power in us<\/p>\nChorus
\nNever Once did we ever walk alone
\nNever once did you leave us on our own
\nYou are faithful, God, You are faithful<\/p>\nPre-Chorus
\nScares and struggles on the way
\nbut with joy our hearts can say
\nYes, our hearts will say…
\nNever Once did we ever walk alone
\nNever once did you leave us on our own
\nYou are faithful, God, You are faithful<\/p>\nBridge
\nScars and struggles on the way
\nBut with joy our hearts can say
\nNever once did we walk alone
\nCarried by your constant Grace
\nHeld within Your perfect Peace
\nNever Once, NO, we never walk alone
\nEvery step we are breathing in Your Grace
\nEvermore we’ll be breathing out Your praise
\nYou are faithful, God, You are faithful
\nYou are faithful, God, You are faithful<\/p><\/blockquote>\nSome scenes that flashed…<\/p>\n
1.\u00a0 September of 2009 – The morning I was ready to deal with my fears of having children after God had spent the previous 8 months growing my level of trust in Him.\u00a0 He was so kind and gentle with me and Oh, sweet freedom from those fears came rushing in like the ocean tide as God spoke truth to my heart.<\/p>\n
2.\u00a0 The look on Tony’s face and the tears that gathered in his eyes when I told him I had dealt with my fears and I was truly ready to have children.<\/p>\n
3.\u00a0 The calmness I sensed all through the year of 2010 and the beginning of 2011 knowing that we were desiring a family but God’s timing had not arrived yet.<\/p>\n
4.\u00a0 Laying out on the beach in Mexico with a good friend sharing with her how I found freedom and deep down inside knowing I probably was already pregnant.<\/p>\n
5.\u00a0 The sweetness of the day I crossed the finish line of the Albany marathon in early March of 2011 knowing I was almost 5 weeks pregnant and no one else knew but me and God!\u00a0 I hope this was the first of many long runs together!<\/p>\n
6.\u00a0 The strength and comfort of Tony’s embrace and the tears in his eyes when I shared the news with him.\u00a0 And the fantastic dinner we had at our favorite Italian restaurant.<\/p>\n
7.\u00a0 On the day Nathanael was born, leaving the house that morning saying Good Bye to our sweet Schnauzer, Nissi a.k.a “The Niss-Piece”.<\/p>\n
8.\u00a0 Sitting anxiously in the doctor’s office WAITING!!<\/p>\n
9.\u00a0 The walk from the doctor’s office to the hospital with my “face set like flint” on the Lord and His faithfulness.<\/p>\n
10.\u00a0 The scary walk from the prep room to the O.R. (yes, you walk that route…no wheel chair!)<\/p>\n
11.\u00a0 The look on Tony’s face when we heard Nathanael cry for the first time and knew he was ok!\u00a0 I still love that cry!!<\/p>\n
I learned that my God is so faithful and kind to me.\u00a0 He cares about us, has made a huge investment in us and our freedom, and desires that we experience His life flowing through us daily.<\/p>\n
Oh, God is faithful!!\u00a0 Thank you, Jesus!!!
\nDana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ok…So I finally finished this post that I began on December 14, 2011 today on August 3, 2012.\u00a0 Wow…what a ride.\u00a0 I think the spring was just as eventful as the fall!!\u00a0 I’ll explain later…on to the post! The lessons that we have learned through the pregnancy with Nathanael and his arrival are plentiful.\u00a0 To begin this post I want to share the founding principle that is the bedrock of our trust relationship with our Abba Father…God is Faithful!!\u00a0 Yes, He certainly is! This past Sunday was our second Sunday back at church since Nathanael’s birth.\u00a0 Yes, I put him in the nursery!!\u00a0 I know you Mom’s are wondering.\u00a0 We are blessed with some great volunteer’s in our children’s ministry who LOVE babies!\u00a0 That always puts a Mom’s heart at ease.\u00a0 After a stirring message on God’s faithfulness, our worship team began to lead us in a song by Matt<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":502,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anewlifedesign.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anewlifedesign.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anewlifedesign.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anewlifedesign.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anewlifedesign.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=369"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/anewlifedesign.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":510,"href":"https:\/\/anewlifedesign.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369\/revisions\/510"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anewlifedesign.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anewlifedesign.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anewlifedesign.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anewlifedesign.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}