During the times of mourning and learning to accept the loss of our unborn child, I was sitting in our family room where Jason and I spend much of our time together. We have a fish tank, just a small ten gallon tank, but it is fun to watch the fish swim. We now have shrimp in the tank with a few tetras, but last year when I was in the hospital for the ectopic pregnancy we had larger fish. A few blue fish and one pink fish. Here's a picture of what our tank used to look like when the pink fish wa...
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Author: Jackie
James 1:2 Count it all Joy when you fall into various trials…
So, it’s now a October 2011, Caleb is 9 months old and I am ready for more children. After the birth of Caleb I wasn’t sure I wanted anymore, and praise Jesus, He turned my heart towards His and helped me to have hope and faith again. The entire time I had actually been suffering each month at that "fun time" with pain and heavy bleeding. The doctor who did my physical that year told me that normally getting pregnant is what they recommend to women who have painful periods so I thought, okay ...
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Isaiah 9:6 Unto us a child is born…
Challenge number one begins with the end days of my pregnancy with Caleb. I begin to have blood pressure problems. My blood pressure is raising. Uh oh. I’m put on strict bed rest, but that doesn’t seem to ease the situation so off to the hospital I go for more tests. At this point, I am 39 weeks pregnant and 3 days. They test further and yes, the blood pressure has become worrisome to them. And in addition to that, I have a low platelet count. They actually tell me I have the beginning stages of...
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Job 1:8 Have you considered My servant….
So, I want to give you a bit of back story to help catch you up to my present day journey with God. Approximately 2 years ago today. Sometime in November or December of 2010, God made it very clear to me He wanted me to read the book of Job and to know it well. I was pregnant with my son, Caleb, who will be 2 in February of 2013.
Jason and I were in a challenging place learning to adjust to life back at my parents house. We had moved back from California at the leading of God to have our ...
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