August 22, 2011

Well, sorry it has been a while since we have posted on the blog.  I'm sure anyone with kids would understand why.  I can't believe that it has been over a week since we brought little Selah home from the hospital.  She has been doing great.  She is eating, sleeping and pooping very well!  She has even been giving me a four hour stretch at night to get some sleep!  We saw the pediatrician last week, but this week we have appointments with the neurosurgeon and urologist for follow-ups.  We are praying for great reports!
We often think about the other babies still in the NICU and praise God for the blessing of Selah only having to spend 10 days in the NICU.  It was such a blessing also to be able to stay at the Ronald McDonald house in the hospital, especially because I was nursing Selah.  I will never forget walking through the hospital from the RMH to the NICU late at night, often in my PJ's, to nurse Selah.  I'm sure the guys mopping and waxing the floors at night are used to it because there were many parents either coming or going from the hospital at all hours of the night.
This journey has truly taught me to take one day at a time.  It can become very overwhelming thinking about the future, but I have learned that God's mercies are new every morning.  He gives me just enough strength, grace and mercy to get through today and not another minute.
I have also been enjoying two devotional books lately, Jesus Calling by Sarah Young and Good Morning, Lord... by Sheila Walsh.  I just wanted to share a couple of thoughts that God has layed on my heart. 

-Difficulties are not necessarily obstacles for God's children, but His appointed way.  You are walking along the path that God has chosen for you.
-But in all these things, we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us. (Rom. 8:37)
-Accept each day just as it comes to you.  Do not waste your time and energy wishing for a different   set of circumstances.  Instead, trust Me (Christ) enough to yield to My (Christ's) design and purpose.
-"Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are mine!" (Isaiah 43:1)
-And He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness." (II Cor. 12:9)
-He will not allow your foot to be moved; He who keeps you will not slumber. (Psalm 121:3)