Summary:
1) Finally being grateful to God and trusting in His good gifts for my life. YAY! :) Learning to live in the present and not for the future.
2) Perhaps this baby can help heal my relationship with my mom :)
Hi!
Just wanted to say thanks for the awesome baby shower!!!
I had a revelation yesterday when I got home after the days events... that I was suuuuper blessed to have so much. I was packing up the gifts and realized that I now had a month+ of diapers, more than enough newborn clothes, and really.. that I had everything I materially needed for the baby (and in abundance). I don't know why it didn't hit me until now, but more than the monetary/material gifts, I finally realized how much support I was getting through this pregnancy in preparation for the baby through friends and family.
So crazy ~~ because all this time (9mo), I had been focusing on what I didn't have --- (freedom to do as much stuff, pursue a career/school, travel, etc) and planning for the future. It hit me for the first time in these 9 mo, that God had been providing and blessing me, showering me with gifts and friendships (through you all!! :D) and I had chosen to just turn away and focus on a future that seemed uncertain and not what I had envisioned it to be. I have an awesome husband, now a baby boy!!, AND all my friends and family around during such an amazing time in my life - crazy, but WOW feeling so blessed.
so THANK YOU! thank you for not only the gifts and coming to the shower --- but thanks for being a friend and support during this time :) and hopefully, from here on forward, I won't have that uncertain look of "I guess I'm excited...." but that I can genuinely say "YES! I'm super thankful and excited for what God has for me --- because I know that HE has been planning this all along." I think it's time to embrace the present and stop wondering about the past and planning every detail of my future. One day at a time.... :)
Blessings - and thanks :) Will keep you posted on the big day!
Jen
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