My wonderful JV Sisters had a baby shower for me and the coming baby today. It was such a sweet time to be loved on and celebrated with by my dear friends here.We ate delicious girl food, played "The Price is Right" for baby products, the baby and I were "blessed" by our friends and we were showered with gifts. The theme of the shower was "Christmas Traditions" and several of the gifts involved stories of what they as a family do now or did do growing up. It was such a sweet time.
Sarah Vuletic, who recently moved here from Croatia shared a devotional time and about how her and her husband write blessings for each of their children by pulling blessings from scripture. Joel and I are looking forward to writing one for Abigail and also one for the coming baby. So at one point during the shower, all the ladies gathered around myself and the baby and prayed blessings over us, mainly over the coming boy. It was so sweet.
During her time she shared from Psalm 20 and said that the Lord had given her those words to share with me today.
May the Lord answer you when you are in distress;
may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.
May he send you help from the sanctuary
and grant you support from Zion.
May he remember all your sacrifices
and accept your burnt offerings.
May he give you the desire of your heart
and make all your plans succeed.
We will shout for joy when you are victorious
and will lift up our banners in the name of our God.
May the Lord grant all your requests.
Now I know that the Lord saves his anointed;
he answers him from his holy heaven
with the saving power of his right hand.
Some trust in chariots and some in horses,
but we trust in the name of our God.
They are brought to their knees and fall,
but we rise up and stand firm.
O Lord, save the king!
Answer us when we call!
may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.
May he send you help from the sanctuary
and grant you support from Zion.
May he remember all your sacrifices
and accept your burnt offerings.
May he give you the desire of your heart
and make all your plans succeed.
We will shout for joy when you are victorious
and will lift up our banners in the name of our God.
May the Lord grant all your requests.
Now I know that the Lord saves his anointed;
he answers him from his holy heaven
with the saving power of his right hand.
Some trust in chariots and some in horses,
but we trust in the name of our God.
They are brought to their knees and fall,
but we rise up and stand firm.
O Lord, save the king!
Answer us when we call!
As she began reading, I remembered those words being read over me by my dear friend, Lori, several years ago after we lost Isaac, she also had sensed the Lord giving her those words for me then.
It was such a special gift from the Lord to have been given those words when he took one son from us and then to be given them again as he is giving us another...I listened with tears coming down my face as the Lord spoke His blessing over me and the little one I'm carrying, remembering the sacrifices and burnt offerings from before and silently praising Him for giving us the desires of our hearts and for making all our plans successful....such a tender and loving God we have!
Here's some photos to share our special time with you.
1 comment:
This was so special I can tell. It made tears come to my eyes as I read the Psalm! But it becomes such a victorious message! You looked like you had such a good time, my only regret is that I couldn't be there, rather, have thrown you a shower myself. But God placed others there to do it for me.
Love you,
Mom
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