This Weekend

II Corinthians 12:15a “And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you;”

Thursday evening I couldn’t sleep, of course ,with Japheth and Wayne and the Hesses arriving sometime during the night.  They pulled in at 1:30 AM.  We then all stayed up and talked till about 3:00.  It being the “middle of the day” for them.  Finally we retired . . . then Wayne decided that that was all the “nap” he wanted and so I was up with him again at 4:30 for over an hour.  Somehow when your pregnant you need more sleep than ever.  The next day was a drag on my body, but I was so FULL OF JOY to have my loved ones back that I didn’t care!

Friday night again I got to have “second hand jet lag” with Wayne.  He came back a changed boy . . . Loves to cuddle so much more than before and will fall asleep in your arms so easy.  I had trained all our children to go to sleep in their crib, but at times wished it wasn’t so.  It is truly a joy to rock your child to sleep, but with my energy level I felt I had to rest when they did otherwise I didn’t get enough rest.  I didn’t want to have a child that HAD to be rocked every single time they needed sleep . . .  I didn’t think I could handle that, thus they ended up thinking that they HAD to be lying down in their bed to go to sleep.  So I am actually relishing this special time with Wayne especially since he’s been gone for so long . . . but he’s definitely become a Papa’s boy now, having spent so much time with him while surrounded with the unfamiliar.

Saturday evening I got out the calendar and figured out exactly how many weeks to go I had yet.  Is five weeks too early to have a baby at home? . . .  I was having contractions pretty consistently although not hard ones.  I did not feel prepared at all . . .   we had a house full of overnight company just getting to sleep for the night, a messy house, no newborn pampers on hand yet, ect.  Wednesday evening at prayer meeting I’d asked prayer that I would be ready for this birth . . . I didn’t feel ready at all . . . but if God thought I was then I that was ok.  Finally at 1:00 we decided that this was not the night and went to bed.  And once again Wayne and I had “special” time then later on.  Somehow I managed to have the strength to go to church . .  then we had company for lunch and I missed my much needed nap, but it was worth it.  God grace was there for me!!!

Ok, so Sunday evening rolls around and out come the buckets . . . bedding is being washed and buckets are still in use.  It is 2:30 and I give up of getting any sleep . . .  up and down and up and down so let’s just make the best of it and stay up!  I am very grateful that we have hardly had the flu at all this winter . . . in fact is this the first?  God has blessed us abundantly in this way this year.

Being a Mom you get many opportunities to serve your family . . .

At times like these I look back and praise the Lord for the loving, caring Mom that I had.  Then I took it for granted, Mom was just always there, she cleaned up the messes we made . . .  Now I realize how much she did for us all!!! She gladly was spent for us because she loved us . . .  Love makes all the difference in the world!!!

“I will sing of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make known Thy faithfulness to all generations.”  Psalm 89:1