Gideon in the boook of Judges

In the Bible there is a book called Judges, in that book is a story about a man named Gideon. Judges 6&7.  Anyways, in the story Gideon has a lot the Lord has called him to do.... save Israel, but Gideon is (of course) unsure about it.  He starts playing the "what if" game so for him to have a sound mind he decided on this...

Gideon said to God,"If you will save Israel by my hand as you have promised- look, I will place a wool fleece on the threshing floor.  If there is dew only on the fleece and all the ground is dry, then I will know that you will save Israel by my hand, as you said." And that is what happened, Gideon rose early the next day; he squeezed the fleece and wrung out the dew-a bowlful of water.                Judges 6:37&38

You may be wondering why I'm talking about this.  Well, Bobby and I have been going through some things the past couple of weeks that is hard to talk about.  Many prayers have been, and still are being said. 

As we layed in bed last night someone called me at 1:00 in the morning just to pray.  After we prayed, we got off the phone, Bobby was now wide awake.  He  starting praying or should I say "having a talk with God" about our situation.  He then rose from bed grabbed probably the closest thing to him, a sock, and layed it out on our balcony.  He came back told me the story of Gideon and said,"I only want the Lord's will. If what we've been praying is the Lord's will then the sock will have dew on it and the ground around it will be dry."

You might be thinking now... this is nuts!  Well, this morning Bobby started getting ready for work and I reminded him of the sock.  He went and checked it and can you guess what happened next? Okay I will tell you... Bobby came and threw a damp sock at me!  I layed there a moment just feeling it against my skin as Bobby told me that the ground around it was dry.  I went and checked and sure enough, where he had the sock layed-out and the ground around it was dry! 

Bobby told me what Gideon did next...

Then Gideon said to God, "Do not be angry with me.  Let me make just one more request.  Allow me one more test with the fleece.  This time make the fleece dry and the ground covered with dew."  That night God did so.  Only the fleece was dry; all the ground was covered with dew.               Judges 6:39&40

Bobby told me that he'd like to do it again, but with the intentions of the out come of the ground wet and the sock dry.  So we will do this again and wait to check the outcome in the morning. 



 By now I can assume you are wondering what is going on.  I ask that you pray for a peace of mind over Bobby and I and that our baby is perfectly normal, healthy, strong, smart, and lively.  I know this doesn't give much information and that's okay.  That prayer is something Bobby and I have been praying for a while now ourselves and we want people who believe to be praying a long with us. 

Giveaways really are true!!!

I follow a blog called "Bring the Rain" by Angie Smith. (her husband is in the Christian singing group called, Selah)  Any-who... A while back she had a book giveaway on her blog.  She gave a way 3 copies to 3 ladies of Beth Moore's new book So Long, Insecurity.  Well I was one of those 3 ladies she gave to!  I recieved Beth's book a couple of days ago along with Angie's Book I Will Carry You.  You can follow her at Bring the Rain and read her story.

I probably won't read it though, until after I have my baby. It's already a little struggle from time to time anyways, trying not to worry.  For the most part I'm good though... I just don't need to add extra worry. ;)

 

Its been a while...

It's laying on it's back with it's fist up. (Sorry it's dark).

Well incase you haven't heard... Bobby and I are expecting again!  So far so good!  I am 18 weeks today (about 4 1/2 months).  We don't know what we are having yet... I think it's a girl and Bobby thinks it's a boy.  Either way we are both happy.  What do you think we are having?

This is a picture I took at 17 weeks

Some would call me a nerd

Yesterday i went to Mardels to return some items. The girl said that she could not give me money in return so she gave me store credit. Well it's Mardels... i'm fine with that :) I did something that i've never done there.... Went to the bargain book section!!! Boy was I in heaven. I came home with 10 new books! Some were about relationships, others were about history, and only 2 were fiction novels. Never before would you have seen me do this in high school! I read books a lot and I will go pay full price for one book, but to leave a store with a stack of books that cost $1 to $2.50 was so neat to me. Some of the books were for Bobby (I can't help but to get stuff for him too)... he loved them and started to read one lastnight.

So anyways, I brought one to work today that i'm excited to crack open. It's called Couples Who Pray Together... I'm very curious as to what it has in store for me.

the first one...

so this is the first of hopefully many... i decided to start a blog cause i enjoy reading others. well, not just anyones, but a few. now it's time for me to figure this thing out.