The gift of love...
"And she will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins." All of this occurred to fulfill the Lord’s message through his prophet: "Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel, which means 'God is with us.'" When Joseph woke up, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded and took Mary as his wife. But he did not have sexual relations with her until her son was born. And Joseph named him Jesus. Matthew 1:21-25 NLT
Christmas is a time of sharing, caring, giving, but above all, it is a time to demonstrate the powerful and living force called love... God is love. It was His intense love for you and I that caused Him to send His beloved Son to earth. This was the greatest gift ever given through all the ages. A gift cannot be earned, cannot be bought, and is freely given. Matthew 10:8 says that "freely ye have received, freely give". One thing that you and I can give is love. Oh that we would all get a revelation of the power of Gods love that manifested and demonstrated through us has the ability to impact people’s lives.
Love never fails! When we love those around us, we can be certain that change will come. This is a time when families should be together, but through circumstances some have become fragmented and divided.
May God give you the courage to reach out to your loved ones and bring healing to your family at this time. May we all respond and share His love with the lonely, hurt and disillusioned.
Freely we have received from Him, let us freely give during the festive season.
The Way of Love1 Corinthians Chapter 13 (Message Bible)
1If I speak with human eloquence and angelic ecstasy but don't love, I'm nothing but the creaking of a rusty gate. 2If I speak God's Word with power, revealing all his mysteries and making everything plain as day, and if I have faith that says to a mountain, "Jump," and it jumps, but I don't love, I'm nothing. 3-7If I give everything I own to the poor and even go to the stake to be burned as a martyr, but I don't love, I've gotten nowhere. So, no matter what I say, what I believe, and what I do, I'm bankrupt without love.
Love never gives up.
Love cares more for others than for self.
Love doesn't want what it doesn't have.
Love doesn't strut,
Doesn't have a swelled head,
Doesn't force itself on others,
Isn't always "me first,"
Doesn't fly off the handle,
Doesn't keep score of the sins of others,
Doesn't revel when others grovel,
Takes pleasure in the flowering of truth,
Puts up with anything,
Trusts God always,
Always looks for the best,
Never looks back,
But keeps going to the end.
Trust steadily in God, hope unswervingly, love extravagantly. And the best of the three is love.
May this season bring joy to you and your whole family.
God bless
Sunday, December 17, 2006
Friday, December 15, 2006
Christmas is approaching!!!
MEANINGFUL LIVING
If we lived Christmas each day as we should, and make it our aim to always do good, we'd find the lost key to meaningful living that comes not from getting but from unselfish giving.
They are always generous and lend freely; their children will be blessed. Psalm 37:26
Today live by the principle, "It's far more blessed to give than to receive"
I really want to bless all of you with a wonderful festive season, I will be going on holiday soon and will pop in from time to time to update my blog, so till next time.....
Have a good holiday, take it easy on the roads and remember,
God loves you!!!
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
MY BUMP PIC
I hope you are all having a good morning, just thought I would share my 12 week bump pic with all of you, and some food for thought....
COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS
In counting our blessings, we find when we're through we've no reason at all to complain or be blue.
A faithful man will be richly blessed. - Proverbs 28:20
Today count your loved ones as your top priority and blessing. It is also important to be remembered by your loves ones. For which reason, characteristic, personality trait, or act of kindness do you wish to be remembered? Think about it. Work on it.
Hope you all have a blessed day, until next time....
My pregnancy thus far
I am now in my 13 week of pregnancy. I give all praise and glory to God for reaching this stage.
I will from here on out update you on a monthly basis along with the birth and lots of pictures, thank you for sharing my miracle in progress with me.
Baby is doing well, the nuchal fold is in normal range so no worries there, and baby is now 65mm, heartbeat 160 bpm, and moving all around. I saw the little hands and feet and spine. It was a beautiful sight seeing my baby, I am on cloud nine. My EDD LMP is 16 June and EDG is 19 June, so my doc says he will be doing a Caesar at 38 weeks, so looks like it will be in the 2nd week, around the 5th June. So my next appointment is in 4 weeks time again on the 12th of January 2007!!!
Thank you for reading my story and coming along on this journey with me, until next time.....
Reflections up to the BFP!
Well I realised that when you think you ready, God may not be ready. Paul and I needed to go through our journey of healing and be ready for the next baby. God did not want us to rob this baby growing inside of me of any love because I am still trying to deal with the loss of Hannah. I have healed, spiritually, emotionally and physically. Like I said Gods timing is perfect!!!
I am so happy, there is no way to describe it, but with this happiness comes fears of anxiety but something my Pastor's wife shared with us on Sunday was the following, it spoke to my heart so profoundly and from here on out will live it in my life as well.
Ps Karen shared her testimony and said she also had a loss and after that her next pg was so much different, to her it would only become a reality when it was physically there again in the flesh. It was a trying time for her, and God spoke to her and said when she feels anxious, full of fear, wake Jesus up in the boat, He will calm the storm. That was so powerful and spoke straight to my heart, which I know would speak to you as well, whoever is reading this and that is going through the same pain as what I did, these feelings of anxiety might come over you, but remember to wake Jesus up to calm your storm and bring the peace. I carried that with me and all I could say was thank you Lord, for everything and this blessing, with God it gets easier.
Thank you Lord for brothers and sisters strong in the faith that can build you up, encourage and motivate you.
All for your glory, Jesus!!
P.S May my life be an encouragement to you, and may you draw strength from the only One who gives it, and who loves you unconditionally and cares and wants to comfort you.
I am so happy, there is no way to describe it, but with this happiness comes fears of anxiety but something my Pastor's wife shared with us on Sunday was the following, it spoke to my heart so profoundly and from here on out will live it in my life as well.
Ps Karen shared her testimony and said she also had a loss and after that her next pg was so much different, to her it would only become a reality when it was physically there again in the flesh. It was a trying time for her, and God spoke to her and said when she feels anxious, full of fear, wake Jesus up in the boat, He will calm the storm. That was so powerful and spoke straight to my heart, which I know would speak to you as well, whoever is reading this and that is going through the same pain as what I did, these feelings of anxiety might come over you, but remember to wake Jesus up to calm your storm and bring the peace. I carried that with me and all I could say was thank you Lord, for everything and this blessing, with God it gets easier.
Thank you Lord for brothers and sisters strong in the faith that can build you up, encourage and motivate you.
All for your glory, Jesus!!
P.S May my life be an encouragement to you, and may you draw strength from the only One who gives it, and who loves you unconditionally and cares and wants to comfort you.
My journey of ttc
Well let me say, when you think its gonna be easy to fall pregnant again as most people say it is once you have had a baby, you have got to be kidding..lol
For me, it just did not work out that way...
My ttc journey started in October 2005, once the doctor gave us the green light again. I thought I was ready to conceive again, but I guess God had other plans. Let me just add that I have difficulty in conceiving, as it took me about 2 and a half years to conceive Hannah. Well let me just say that month after month went by, tons of HPT's and months of BFN's!!!(Big Fat Negatives). I started going from regular periods to irregular periods and eventually in July of 2006, I skipped my period for 3 months. This was concerning for me and went back to my Ob to have myself checked out. From the appointment it was discovered that I had developed PCOS (Polycystic Ovavarian Syndrome). The short of it was, I could not ovulate and this made it difficult for me to conceive and it also affected my insulin levels. The Ob prescribed Glucophage and Clomid. After taking the Glucophage for 3 days, I got my period, praise Jesus!!!
I had the opportunity in the month of August with the Clomid (this assists in ovulation). Well I took it, had my progesterone test on the Cycle day of 21, but sadly I did not ovulate, as the progesterone levels were only 1.5 as opposed to the previous month of no treatment being 0.05. I decided I was not going to stress about it any longer and leave it in Gods hands, it will happen when the time is right. Well my period came and September rendered us another chance. I took all treatment as prescribed and waited patiently for CD21 to check if I had ovulated this time. CD21 came and I went for the routine blood tests. I am a little impatient by default and could not wait for my Ob to call so I decided to give the Lab a call myself to check my results and to my surprise the tech on the other side says it was 27.3!!!!
I could not believe it, I ovulated for the first time since October 2005, praise Jesus!!!!!! I actually called again just to make sure if I heard correctly!!! Well to my surprise I was on cloud nine for the whole weekend, and you can only imagine the wait now for me to be able to do a pregnancy test. My doctor called me the Monday morning to confirm that I definately did ovulate. I immediately updated my cyber friends on Hannahs Prayer and Baby Mania!!
This was the exact post:
Good news!!!!
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 12:49 pm Post subject: Good news!!!
On Wed evening I did an HPT just for fun, knowing it may be too early because I would have only missed my period today. Anyway I got a faint positive, so decided to do another one Thursday morning and another faint positive. So I decided I don’t want to wonder and hope this is true, I am going in for a blood test to confirm whether its – or +. So I got the results back Thursday aft and it was positive!!!! But an early positive, so have to go back on Monday to do another blood test to check if the levels are rising as what they should be. My OB also confirmed it’s an early pregnancy +- 3to4 weeks, so it’s very exciting. I think I am still in shock; I have to pinch myself every time to believe it is actually true!!!!! Please pray that I will see big numbers on Monday. In your experience have any of you had an early positive? You can’t get a false positive in a blood test can you? I already feel bouts of nausea during the day and my boobs seem to have enlarged overnight….lol. But I tell you I can’t begin to tell you the joy in my heart right now, after being through so many years of ttc and then a loss, your innocence of pg just gets taken away. But I told myself this am, I am claiming my baby and I won’t allow doubt and fear to rob me of my joy, as I have waited so long for this. God is good!!!! God’s timing is always perfect. I give Him all praise and glory!!!
Lots of love Megan
Well as the saying goes the rest is history, but my history definately got me to this good place I am in right now, so until next time I will share with you the reflections of this wonderful news, and the progress of the pregnancy thus far.
For me, it just did not work out that way...
My ttc journey started in October 2005, once the doctor gave us the green light again. I thought I was ready to conceive again, but I guess God had other plans. Let me just add that I have difficulty in conceiving, as it took me about 2 and a half years to conceive Hannah. Well let me just say that month after month went by, tons of HPT's and months of BFN's!!!(Big Fat Negatives). I started going from regular periods to irregular periods and eventually in July of 2006, I skipped my period for 3 months. This was concerning for me and went back to my Ob to have myself checked out. From the appointment it was discovered that I had developed PCOS (Polycystic Ovavarian Syndrome). The short of it was, I could not ovulate and this made it difficult for me to conceive and it also affected my insulin levels. The Ob prescribed Glucophage and Clomid. After taking the Glucophage for 3 days, I got my period, praise Jesus!!!
I had the opportunity in the month of August with the Clomid (this assists in ovulation). Well I took it, had my progesterone test on the Cycle day of 21, but sadly I did not ovulate, as the progesterone levels were only 1.5 as opposed to the previous month of no treatment being 0.05. I decided I was not going to stress about it any longer and leave it in Gods hands, it will happen when the time is right. Well my period came and September rendered us another chance. I took all treatment as prescribed and waited patiently for CD21 to check if I had ovulated this time. CD21 came and I went for the routine blood tests. I am a little impatient by default and could not wait for my Ob to call so I decided to give the Lab a call myself to check my results and to my surprise the tech on the other side says it was 27.3!!!!
I could not believe it, I ovulated for the first time since October 2005, praise Jesus!!!!!! I actually called again just to make sure if I heard correctly!!! Well to my surprise I was on cloud nine for the whole weekend, and you can only imagine the wait now for me to be able to do a pregnancy test. My doctor called me the Monday morning to confirm that I definately did ovulate. I immediately updated my cyber friends on Hannahs Prayer and Baby Mania!!
This was the exact post:
Good news!!!!
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 12:49 pm Post subject: Good news!!!
On Wed evening I did an HPT just for fun, knowing it may be too early because I would have only missed my period today. Anyway I got a faint positive, so decided to do another one Thursday morning and another faint positive. So I decided I don’t want to wonder and hope this is true, I am going in for a blood test to confirm whether its – or +. So I got the results back Thursday aft and it was positive!!!! But an early positive, so have to go back on Monday to do another blood test to check if the levels are rising as what they should be. My OB also confirmed it’s an early pregnancy +- 3to4 weeks, so it’s very exciting. I think I am still in shock; I have to pinch myself every time to believe it is actually true!!!!! Please pray that I will see big numbers on Monday. In your experience have any of you had an early positive? You can’t get a false positive in a blood test can you? I already feel bouts of nausea during the day and my boobs seem to have enlarged overnight….lol. But I tell you I can’t begin to tell you the joy in my heart right now, after being through so many years of ttc and then a loss, your innocence of pg just gets taken away. But I told myself this am, I am claiming my baby and I won’t allow doubt and fear to rob me of my joy, as I have waited so long for this. God is good!!!! God’s timing is always perfect. I give Him all praise and glory!!!
Lots of love Megan
Well as the saying goes the rest is history, but my history definately got me to this good place I am in right now, so until next time I will share with you the reflections of this wonderful news, and the progress of the pregnancy thus far.
My testimony
I would say I only really started realising the value of love and life when I fell pregnant with Hannah in October of 2004. She was born on the 21st June 2005 at 36 weeks and was with Paul and I for 4 weeks and 2 days, she was ill and suffered from Congenital CMV, and sadly for us she went to be with Jesus on the 23 July 2005.
This was what I wrote of the bonding experience shared with her as a mother:
The First Hour
My relationship with my precious baby girl, Hannah started the moment I found out I was expecting. It grew into this beautiful bonding experience. Each day I would speak to my angel and tell her how much I loved her. The day she was born I was no stranger to her. I felt like I knew her my whole life and thanked the Lord for this opportunity of blessing me with her. As each day passed the bond grew stronger. It was as if I did not want to let go of her but hold on to her forever. Its such an awesome experience to have her look into your eyes and feel what she is thinking. There is no one else on this earth that matters so much to me than this incredible miracle of God. A love that is unexplainable and untouchable and unconditional. And even though my bonding experience lasted for only 1 month, it will last for eternity in my heart. My love for her was a deep song in my heart. If I never had that bonding experience with her, I would have had nothing. The memory lives on and I experience it each day with her for our hearts are intertwined forever. Nothing can prepare you for that love, but when it happens you are prepared.
First of all I would like to say is that my life has changed forever since then. I have realised the value of life and that it can be taken away from you in an instant. My relationship with God has changed and gotten stronger each passing day, as I learnt to rely on His strenght more and more each day as I grieved the life of my baby girl. Jesus has gotten me through the worst and best days, and I could not have gotten to the place I am now without Him in my life, My Wonderful, Counsellor, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace, Mighty God.
My journey of grief has been a long road of hurting and pain, but thank God I have made it through the storm ready to face what other challenges life has to throw at me. A journey of grief is not an easy road, but with God's strength He makes it easy for you. I stood on the promises of God and the following verses in God's word became my shoulder of hope,
I can do all things through Jesus Christ who strengthens me - Phillipians 4:13
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. - Phillipians 4:5-7
Consider it pure joy, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. - James 1:2-4
Gods word is a lamp unto my feet, a strength for me each day, the Comforter of my Soul, until next time.....
The journey continues....
This was what I wrote of the bonding experience shared with her as a mother:
The First Hour
My relationship with my precious baby girl, Hannah started the moment I found out I was expecting. It grew into this beautiful bonding experience. Each day I would speak to my angel and tell her how much I loved her. The day she was born I was no stranger to her. I felt like I knew her my whole life and thanked the Lord for this opportunity of blessing me with her. As each day passed the bond grew stronger. It was as if I did not want to let go of her but hold on to her forever. Its such an awesome experience to have her look into your eyes and feel what she is thinking. There is no one else on this earth that matters so much to me than this incredible miracle of God. A love that is unexplainable and untouchable and unconditional. And even though my bonding experience lasted for only 1 month, it will last for eternity in my heart. My love for her was a deep song in my heart. If I never had that bonding experience with her, I would have had nothing. The memory lives on and I experience it each day with her for our hearts are intertwined forever. Nothing can prepare you for that love, but when it happens you are prepared.
First of all I would like to say is that my life has changed forever since then. I have realised the value of life and that it can be taken away from you in an instant. My relationship with God has changed and gotten stronger each passing day, as I learnt to rely on His strenght more and more each day as I grieved the life of my baby girl. Jesus has gotten me through the worst and best days, and I could not have gotten to the place I am now without Him in my life, My Wonderful, Counsellor, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace, Mighty God.
My journey of grief has been a long road of hurting and pain, but thank God I have made it through the storm ready to face what other challenges life has to throw at me. A journey of grief is not an easy road, but with God's strength He makes it easy for you. I stood on the promises of God and the following verses in God's word became my shoulder of hope,
I can do all things through Jesus Christ who strengthens me - Phillipians 4:13
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. - Phillipians 4:5-7
Consider it pure joy, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. - James 1:2-4
Gods word is a lamp unto my feet, a strength for me each day, the Comforter of my Soul, until next time.....
The journey continues....
Megans Life Journey
Welcome to my life journey, Please bear with me if I become philosophical or emotional, but that is me. I hope you enjoy the story of my life, please come along with me on this road trip.
First of all a bit of background. My name is Megan, I am 27 yrs old and am a Born again Christian, I live, eat and breathe for Jesus Christ, my first love. My life centres around the will of God and plans and purposes He has for my life. I am married to a wonderful, compassionate and caring husband named Paul and we have been married now for 5 yrs and 7 months, we will celebrate our 6th Year Wedding anniversary on the 28th April 2007. We have 2 furbabies, Max and Margaret. We have 1 baby in heaven, Hannah Caitlyn and expecting baby no 2 in early June, I am currently 13 weeks pregnant.
In my next entry, I will show you pictures of my most prized possessions and update you until this point in my life of the journey I have gone through thus far, my life and journeys I give glory to Jesus.
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