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By: Winners, Features and Why My Second Grade Teacher was SO Wrong — Kathi Lipp's Project Blog

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 22:06:16 +0000

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By: Wendi B ~ Wendi's Book Corner

Wendi B ~ Wendi's Book Corner — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:47:52 +0000

Sometimes God shows up in the least expected ways. In 2005, my husband and I lost a baby at 18 weeks into the pregnancy. I was devastated, and didn’t know how I was going to get through it. A friend online sent me an email and told me to name the baby and put his name on a crystal heart or cross. We chose to honor him with a cross. Then my Mom got me a book called We Were Gonna Have a Baby, But We Had an Angel Instead. Looking at the loss in a heavenly way really helped. I still miss our baby angel, but now have 2 beautiful boys as well.

Now… onto how God has really shown up in my life… In 2006, at 20 weeks, we almost lost another pregnancy, and it was only by God’s intervention and my feelings of unease that saved our son Logan. I had emergency surgery the day I went in because I felt there was something wrong. I was almost fully dialated at 20 weeks, and a good portion of the water sack was bulging out. The doctor who did the surgery had to push it back and close my cervix. He and his collegue both told us we had experienced a miracle, and at just one month early (on Christmas Eve), our beautiful baby was born. There were no further complications, and we got to go home on Christmas.

On January 31st of this year, I had not been feeling well and was having trouble breathing during a pregnancy that seemed to be going VERY well considering my past history. (had surgery at 13 weeks and weekly shots to help this pregnancy’s success). After calling a nurse during off hours on Sunday, they asked me to come in so they could just make sure I was ok. When I got there, they did some quick tests and called my doctor to talk with her and see if she wanted blood work done. They had the blood work done and immediately called my doctor back. I had a severe case of pre-eclampsia, and they were scheduling an emergency c-section to save my life. As I sat there crying, wondering why it was happening, my husband sat there calmly, took my hand and thanked me… saying that with God’s help I had acted on my feelings of unease and had saved both babies and myself. I still cry when I think of that moment. Everything sort of changed in my thinking and I saw that God was there as well, with his love surrounding our family.

It wasn’t until yesterday at a follow-up appointment that I found out exactly how bad I had been. I still have to go back and have the surgery reversed that was done at 13 weeks, but God has helped me to heal, and has given our family another beautiful boy who is doing really well! We have really been blessed with God’s presence in our lives.

By: Christine Geerts

Christine Geerts — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:58:16 +0000

When I took my oldest daughter to her dad’s for her first summer away from me, at the tender age of six, I drove the 16 hour return trip alone. Then last August, at the tender age of 12, I took her to live with her dad for the first time since we divorced…another 16 hour trip. I’m not sure how I made either of those trips, driving alone, or how I am still standing today. But I realize I am not walking alone, I am being led and carried through all of this. I did not make either of those lonely drives alone. I was not the one who was able to remove myself from her presence. It took God’s hands to gently lead me away from where she now resides and bring me back to the rest of my family, my beautiful husband and children here.

By: Kay Harbal

Kay Harbal — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:13:03 +0000

Very recently, one of my good (young) friends just had a mild stroke. He and his wife purchased and are fixing up a rental home that is due to be available for the tenants April 1st. The day after my friend’s stroke, his wife sent out a desperate email that there were many repair items they were planning to do to the rental house the following weekend. He was not able to do the work, and she had gotten 5 stitches in her thumb the same week, because she gashed her thumb while cutting drywall. So, I went over and spent the next Saturday helping them. It was a pleasure to be able to serve them.

The following day, I was doing my daily bible reading, and I came to Matt. 25:34-46. In this passage Jesus tells his disciples that “whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.” I’ve read this passage many time, but for the first time I felt like I had served Jesus directly. There was a specialness about the passages and the blessings promised in them. I’ve never felt so good about helping someone in need.

I also realized from that passage that if we don’t ask people for help when we need it, we prevent them from being blessed.

By: Heidi

Heidi — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:41:14 +0000

I have baby hope. I got married later in life and after several attemptsat many different ways to get pregnant I was told I was too old. So, my husband and I decided to adopt and took a road trip to clear or minds. Well, we came back to discover I was 7 weeks pregnant. Callie is now six. The second time around I miscarried and that baby was due January 2007. Well, my husband heard about a baby to be born that was going to be put up for adoption through a friend at work. Okay, so as you guessed he is now ours. Jake was born January of 2007. The Lord always has a perfect plan and when life gets me down I just get to look at those two little faces and see the miracle of His handy work.