Sunday May 29, 2016 

Everything the enemy has stolen, God is going to restore. May you be blessed with joy, peace, good health, and dreams for a better future.

And David said to his son Solomon, “Be strong and of good courage, and do it; do not fear nor be dismayed, for the Lord God, my God, will be with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you, until you have finished all the work for the service of the house of the Lord.”

1 Chronicles 28:20

I have already lost a baby.

I have already lost holidays with a little one.

I have lost peanut butter fingerprints in the kitchen

and unidentifiable globs left in tiny pockets.

I have lost a first date, a high school graduation, grandchildren.

I have lost a part of myself.

Now here I am once again,

asking for new life and new possibility to grow inside of me.

I pray for a second chance.

And I am so afraid to be hopeful.

Lord, stay with me now, as You always have.

I pray most desperately for a healthy baby,

for a complete family, for all of those lost moments regained.

I pray for contentment in each day,

for myself and for my husband.

Grant us both steady hearts as we learn

to embrace joy in the face of anticipation and fear.

Make us loving partners to each other,

and give us the strength of spirit to trust in You.

Please God, always be around us and within us,

blessing us and holding us.

Be the center and support of our family,

so that we will always be complete in You.