Greetings, looking back on 2021, it has been a year of many experiences. Losses and celebrations. Some defeats and many victories. Accomplishments and completions. I’ve lived through much and survived more, including the Omicron variant of the Corona virus.
I am grateful and humbled. To God be the glory.
Pondering this week’s blog got me thinking that pregnancy lasts but nine months, motherhood lasts forever ❤
As a young wife I was overwhelmed with the desire to become a mother. If I’m honest the pregnancy was what I longed to experience. The idea of being celebrated and pampered and watching my body change and grow, as life grew in me.
As the years passed on and on… the desire for the pregnancy change to the desire for a child. That is, this desire now grew in my heart. So when I tell Ziva that she grew in my heart, it’s the whole truth.
The process of relinquishing the desire and need to be pregnant and embracing the new desire for a child was long and exhausting. We felt drained emotionally, physically and financially. Our process was filled with procedures from doctors rooms to homeopathic rooms. At some point, being led by the Spirit of God we veered onto the road to adoption. We adopted Ziva when I turned 41 years old. My recommendation is that one makes the decision when one is younger. She is the child I prayed for.
I prayed for this child, and the Lord has granted me what I asked of him.
1 Samuel 1:27 NIV
May 2022 bring with it renewed hope, may the favour and blessing of God Almighty be your portion.
Love always