I saw God today….

I've been to church, I've read the book, I know He's here but I don't look, near as often as I should.

His finger tips are everywhere, I just slow down to stop and stare; open my eyes and man I swear….

I saw God today.

At church today we celebrated the baptisms of five individuals. I happen to be a huge fan of baptism, something about the moment when someone is pulled up from the cleansing waters and you see that sparkle of hope, and newness that just radiates off of them. The moment that someone realizes that they have been saved….

It's a truly beautiful thing, I think that even if you didn't believe in God in any sense of the word that you couldn't help but feel something when you get to experience something like this with someone. For those of us that do know Christ, it often evokes a great deal of tears. Not because we are sad, but because we too remember the moment that we accepted Christ, and the moment that we knew we were saved. Beautiful cannot begin to describe it.

Today took on a whole new meaning of baptism for me. Today I watched as an entire family stood before our congregation to proudly say that they love God with all their heart. It wasn't too long ago that this same family was before members of the congregation and of their family and friends, but for a very different reason. Only a few months ago they stood before them to say goodbye to a son, a brother, and a friend. To say goodbye to a life that was cut far too short. Or so we thought.

Today however I think that things became a little clearer, in this amazing young man's passing he brought three people to Christ. Actually the number of lives he's affected and changed for the better will probably never be known, but today I experienced the power of forgiveness and the amazing power of God to heal hearts. As I watched this family confess their love for the Lord I thought about past situations in my life where I have chosen to be angry with God, to blame things on Him. Minor things, not getting jobs, not making enough money, not getting the things I want. And yet this family who had just recently experienced a life changing loss was standing before God, thanking Him.

After church our congregation gathered to celebrate, to celebrate the new lives in Him. I overheard the father saying that they wouldn't have made it through without God. I am reminded today that I am so blessed in so many ways, and that my God is a powerful God. He can change hearts and change lives, and all we have to do is ask him. He doesn't do background checks, there's no interview process, no check of our bank account balances; He just loves us, just because. And that is truly BEAUTIFUL.

Far too long...

         I swear that it's not that I don't want to post, I seriously think about it a lot. I just don't ever seem to get the words down. I suppose that it's because I read some really fabulous blogs and when I read mine I'm quickly reminded that I am most certainly not at that point yet. Some day....

        Nevertheless, we have been some busy people these last few weeks! I got to attend a shower in celebration of one of my favorite people on the planet. You know when you meet those people along the way that remind you of what you want to aspire to and just light up any room they're in? She is one of those gals. Meeting her (and some other really fantastic women!) has really opened my eyes to what it is that friends are supposed to be and what it is they should bring out in you. I could go on and on but, anyway, she had a beautiful shower surrounded by so many people who just dearly love her and the amazing new life she will be bringing into the world any day now!

Easter was fantastic, yes I took pictures, no they aren't on here because I can't figure out how to post them. Ahhhh so annoying. We started the day with a wonderful breakfast (if I do say so myself!) searched for Easter eggs around the house, went to a fantastic Easter service with a great message, and then got to enjoy some awesome Texas bbq for lunch with our favorite Texas friends. I can't lie, it made me miss Texas that much more!!!

Wednesday we had our 21 week appointment for baby #2, we got lucky and had an hour and half ultrasound!! How cool is that? We decided that we did want to know the sex because the wait was just killing us, and to no suprise of my husbands family we are having another BOY! I'm not going to lie it was a bit of a shock to me, we were pretty sure it was a girl and the six other ultrasounds we've had didn't show any signs of boy. We are very excited though. I think the most exciting aspect of the appointment was that baby boys heart showed four chambers and blood flow to both the right and left ventricle. This may seem like an odd thing to most but heart problems run pretty high in my fam and when Parker was born with a VSD (also known as a murmur) we were told that our future kids have a double chance of having a more severe defect. We go to Denver on Tuesday to do a fetal echo of his heart to really check things out, so please pray that he's got a good one and we get to deliver here in Cheyenne and take our boy home right away!!

Well, that's a quick catch up of what we've been doing. Can anyone help me post pictures between paragraphs? All I can do is at the beginning, which seriously takes all the fun out of it!
Thanks for listening!
B