Thankful to Sons

 

Today is Dietrich's 8 month birthday!  Every day I am more impressed with him and the beauty of God's creation of Dietrich.  He is so close to crawling!  Today he got up on his knees and his hands and then didn't know what to do so he just rolled over.  Realizing that Dietrich is 8 months old today, I opened my Bible to Hebrews.

I know that may totally sound weird, but my Bible was my sidekick during my whole pregnancy with Dietrich.  I was in my Bible nightly and multiple times during the day.  I remember the day that I got so frustrated about not being able to get pregnant that I decided to tell God with my whole heart that regardless if I had a baby that I'd prefer to be obedient to Him over it all.  From that point on I had been so obedient, so in his Word, serving Him, making Him my priority that I never felt more closer to glory.  Life was going great!  I ended up being pregnant that following winter.  Dustin even noticed that my Bible never left my side. 

So that's what brought me to Hebrews today.  My faith in God is so strong.  I trust Him with my all and every decision I make, I try to make based upon what God wants for me.  I just wanted to read up on faith and how new converts to Christianity from Judaism had to deal with having such strong faith.  They were facing such physical and mental persecutions just because they believed Jesus was the Messiah.  I thank God every day that I am an American.  I am able to practice my religion freely without fear.  But I began to think what if I was in another country, would I give up everything I had for God?  Would I be one of those disobedient people leaving Egypt?  What does it take for an American to have unwavering faith?  People in other countries don't have that choice.  It's either all in or all out.

I am thankful that "Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted" (Heb 3:18).  Obedience isn't just keeping the faith, it is putting all down before God.  God is always number one.   

Would you be all in?  What do you need to change to be all in?  What is your tempter? 

So with that said, I am thankful to the Son Jesus for my son Dietrich.  Motherhood is the most amazing blessing.  God may have sent the pain of childbirth down the line, but he sure did have compassion in a much more rewarding way!