3rd Time a Charm?

We have just completed our third IUI. During the midst of Live Out Loud Weekend, I went to the doctor for the sonogram required before the IUI can be completed. Usually I only have one egg that is ready, but this time it was 3! Jeff thinks it's no coincidence - it's the third IUI, three eggs, third month of the year, so hopefully the third time is a charm...and meaning he's convinced we will be having triplets!

We'll just have to wait and see, and I'm sure not complaining about extending my Spring Break by one day and having lunch at Demo's! We were the first ones there when it opened, so we received great service and a free appetizer - at the restaurant, not the fertility clinic!

Please keep us in your prayers, as we wait to see what God has in store for us. No matter what it is, we will use it to glorify God and know that it is His will.I am truly grateful for this experience and all that it continues to teach me and us.

"Three times I pleaded for the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong." 2 Corinthians 12:8-10 NIV

May you find comfort in this as well.

An Attitude of Gratitude

Perhaps by reading the title, you receive a false impression of our reality right now. For some reason beyond our comprehension, we still are not expecting a baby. Well, I guess in an odd sort of way, we ARE expecting a baby, my body just hasn't decided to agree with what we expect yet! Honestly speaking, were tears shed? absolutely! were questions raised? absolutely! was it God's will? absolutely!

After almost a year since the miscarriage, I have found joy. I know this experience is meant to glorify God. I know God's timing is right, or else we wouldn't need Him. I know that his ways are better than my ways. I know I may never understand why this experience happened, or I may understanding exceedingly well. I definitely know this experience has made me stronger, wiser, and completely devoted to my Savior and Lord more than I have ever been in my entire life. Satan may have won some battles in my life in the past, but I refuse to continue to let him win. I praise God for what He has given me, both good and bad.

Jeff and I recently purchased a singing group's latest CD - Selah's Greatest Hymns. One such song on there is called "His Eye is on the Sparrow." I was sharing this group's version with Jeff on the way home the other night. I bet we listened to it at least 4 times, singing it at the top of our lungs, and meaning every single word. Just to refresh your memory....

Why do I feel discouraged
Why do the shadows come
And why does my heart feel lonely
And long for heaven and home
When Jesus is my portion
A constant friend is He
His eye is on the sparrow
And i know He watches me

Chorus:

So I sing because I’m happy
And I sing because I’m free
His eye is on the sparrow
And I know He watches me

So I sing because I’m happy
And I sing because I’m free
His eye is on the sparrow
And I know He wathces
And I know He watches
And I know He watches me

I know He's watching over me - and you - and that's why I sing, that's why I'm happy, and that's why I'll continue to look to Him during this trial.