Nesting and Investing

Do you ever have days where you think that God is trying to show you something? I do. I'm counting down the days until we're expecting our first son (25 to be exact) and it's been quite an exciting journey. I've been blessed with an amazing pregnancy and God has really blown me away by His love and mercy upon me. I feel honored that He has chosen me to carry this child and bring him into this world. My husband has been a trooper as my emotions have been the biggest challenge. I've spent several hours on building a nest for our little guy. It's been a lot off work and I still feel slightly anxious about the events to come knowing that this is the first time we'll have ever experienced anything like this. I know God is in control though so I'm trying to focus on that!

Throughout my pregnancy I've exercised by walking between 3-5 days a week which has been a true blessing. Each morning I exit our condo and face a planter and the first thing I see is a large fern. Not until last week did I notice something different. There were two birds that flew away as I closed the front door to leave. It got me thinking...maybe they're building a nest too? Sure enough, I peeped my head over and saw a little nest forming. I thought this was so sweet knowing the timing of this. The next day I slowly opened to door to find the mama on the nest. She flew away quickly which made me sad but I was elated to see there was a perfect little egg now resting in that nest. My heart literally melted when I saw God reveal His love for me in that moment. How did He know that I needed to see that? I thought of some verses that are some of my Mom's favorite.

Two days later as I was sending my wonderful in-laws off, I peeped inside and noticed a second egg. How beautiful this was! Not one now but two! No, I'm not telling you that I'm having twins:). I was just excited to see the changes that were taking place right in front of me. Each day truly is a gift from God. I'm realizing this more and more the older I get. With the thoughts of bringing a son into this world I often think of Mary carrying Jesus around for 9 months and what a responsibility that was! I'll keep you posted on my little nest. I'll be posting pictures soon of both my nursery and if anything hatches.