We got a phone call the other day.
Number 12 is on the way!
Jim was talking with Sarah and I just heard conversation snatches. I got the scoop when he said goodbye and he got scolded for not giving me the phone to congratulate her. He said it was not planned.
Well, many blessings aren't. In fact, God gives to us more abundantly that we ask! Most of my plans are changed by God's plans. Did I plan on that flat tire today? No, but it happened in town and I ended up needing four new tires. So....when I make that drive to meet my sister at Callaway Gardens tomorrow, I won't get a flat on the highway. I am taken care of. God's plan. His plans are always higher than mine!
So, getting back to this baby. It was always in His plan and will be a great blessing after the surprise wears off the parents. Now, as Sarah said, I know why I dreamt of sewing another quilt a few nights ago. I woke up wondering, what the heck? There's no new baby...still I had a feeling of urgency. Go through your materials, threads, clean the machine, get ready!
We are so blessed! We have five wonderful children (in 5 different states) who love God and many are involved in a ministry as a lay person or by profession. We have 11 wonderful grandchildren in 4 states that we are lucky enough to see at least once or twice a year. (We get to see the kids in Georgia and Kentucky more often, as they are within 2-7 hours of driving distance.) But besides seeing them and loving them, we have the honor of going to the Lord in prayer for them.
May God continue to bless:
Ted and Robin Bailey and their children Natalie, William (Will), Lydia, and Anika in Washington; Jeremy and Tracy Tjon and their children Owen, Briggs, and Gage in Minnesota; Bert and Sarah Parham and their children Temperance (Tempie), Joseph (JJ), and their little bundle of joy due November who live in Kentucky; James and Jamie McCullough and their children Rainie and Reagan in Georgia, and Rachel McCullough in Virginia and her future mate and children.
You see, there will be MORE than a Dear Dozen....Rachel has yet to begin! (And who knows about the Tjon's and McCullough's?) Oh, we praise God for our quiver-full of grandchildren!
