Love Is In Bloom

1 Corinthians 4:8-9 "We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; 9 persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed." Little did I know in my last two blog posts about how hard things were at the end of the pregnancy that the darkest days of my life so far were ahead of me before my precious son would be born. It started with me having all the symptoms of a bad stomach virus and included a fever on a Friday afternoon and ended up worsening as the days went by. I was uncontrollably sick to my stomach and Poppy ended up bringing me an IV at home to help get me get hydrated, but when I continued to throw up bile and my fever kept going up I was sent to the hospital. I thought I would only be staying hours, but little did I know it would be days before I saw home again. I wish I could say the next few days were a blur, but unfortunately I remember every haunting hour and sleepless moment of absolute torture that I went thr...

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 "Rejoice always,pray continually,give thanks in all circumstances;for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus." I am going on night number seven of not sleeping due to being sick and in a lot of pain. The hours of the night have been my dread, as the sun goes down I feel a haunting feeling of another dark night coming my way. I have been overwhelmed by how much the Lord has kept me going and the nearness of his presence in the hardest of times. I truly can say I have never been through something so torturous and full of literal horror. My Logan has been so strong for me and helped me so much, he too feels like these have been his darkest hours.God has highlighted this verse to me over and over again during this time:1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 "Rejoice always,pray continually,give thanks in all circumstances;for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus." Not only has he highlighted this to me, but he has given me strenth to live it out. He ...