Our Little Flowers Family: so many blessings*

Our trip to Encounter was awesome! The weather cooperated, so that was really nice! It was supposed to be really rainy and stormy which is not fun to drive 40 something teens in a caravan. But it ended up just being really cold outside and we saw some rain but not enough to have horrible road conditions.
God spoke some really cool things in my life...being pregnant and out of energy, I have to sit during worship most of the time, which I am not used to because I like to dance around and get into worship. But God has been using those times where I have to sit and breathe. The first night we were there he spoke to me that he loved me and that he wants to become real to me. WOW! I do want God to be real to me...I want to naturally think of him as here with me as Shelden is in the same room as me. I do not want to see God as a distant being in the heavens that loves me.
The second night the speaker who was hilarious, talked about holiness, which was cool because that is something that I have been thinking alot about lately. One thing that he said that I really liked was that God didn't send his son to die for a "that'll do" lifestyle. God wants our WHOLE heart! So he lead into what we are holding back from God, what is it that we are not trusting God with? I couldn't think of anything off the top of my head because I don't have a problem with smoking or drinking, or gossiping, or dating or cursing, you know all that stuff that you struggle with at the beginning of your walk with God...but then I sat and prayed and God revealed to me that I am not trusting him with friendships. YIKES!!! ugghh...God you really had to go there! For whatever reason, I have always had a problem with having really good girlfriends. I never had a close, healthy relationship with a girlfriend until after highschool when I went to the Joshua Program at Hume Lake. Even still I have a hard time keeping up with the girlfriends I love dearly and reaching out to make new friends. There is something that has been wounded in that area of my heart that God wants to heal with girlfriends.
Then the last day the speaker told a story about David Livingstone, how his heart was so passionately for Africa, that when he died there, the natives cut out his heart and buried it in Africa before David's people could take away his body back home. The speaker correlated it to where are our hearts buried? He wanted us to seek God about where we need to bury our hearts. At first I didn't really connect with what he was saying exactly but I sat and sought out God on it and he told me that I need to "bury my life in being a mom" WHOA! I just started to cry as I realized the importance of being Micah's mom. As I prayed more I just felt this strong sense that Micah is going to change so many lives, whether thats through being a pastor or missionary, I am not sure but Micah is going to do big things. And I don't just say that because he will be our son but I really believe God is going to use him in mighty ways. And it's my job to raise him up in the Lord, to seek out God when he is being a brat, and to remember constantly what God has promised for him.

Here is the best part: :)
we come home from the trip...and as of right now we are living with my parents...my parents being the amazing people that they are set up Micah's room! They took out everything from the office room that they had all set up and put in his crib, bassinet, toys, clothes and blankets. When I saw it, I just started to cry again! I felt so blessed! My mom thought we didn't like it at first because we were just sitting there in awe not saying anything but once she saw my tears she knew that what they did was such a blessing! It was so cool to see how God works, and how he loves us so much. After hearing his voice about being a mom and then coming home to a room all ready for our son. Good stuff!!!! I am telling you, serving God has been such a pleasure, even in the midst of hardtimes and heartache, God's blessings are amazing.