The fruit of the womb is a reward.
Like arrows in the hand of a warrior,
So are the children of one's youth.
Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them;
They shall not be ashamed,
But shall speak with their enemies in the gate. Psalm 127:3-5 NKJV
Praise Him with me! He has blessed us again, and my quiver is full. We are having baby #5! Hallelujah! I am undeserving of this blessing, but I will strive each day to bring this child up in love for the Lord. I dedicate this baby to You, my Lord. I thank you that you bless me time and time again.
I ask for your prayers, readers, as my pregnancies are not easy, and the last two have been born prematurely. I ask that you pray for my health, and the health of this blessing from the Lord. I thank those of you that prayed for this blessing along with me.
Lord, I cannot say it enough. Thank you, thank you, thank you! You are wonderful, and Your blessings numerous upon me.
CONGRATULATIONS, SHALENE!
ReplyDeleteI rushed over soon as I read your comment on my blog!
You are definitely in my prayers, my dear sister, and I share your joy on this joyous occasion.
I can't stop smiling. :-)
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!
Lots and lots of love and blessings,
Yisheyah (Isaiah)
Your Brother-in-Christ
Congratulations to you, Shalene. I am praying for you too. Six! Praise God for your quiverfull.
ReplyDeletePrecious: Oh goodness, no! Only 5. This pregnancy is #5. :) My eldest daughter keeps threatening me that we're having twins though, so you never know. It could be 5 and 6 I guess. :)
ReplyDeleteIsaiah, thanks for the congrats and the prayers.
CONGRATULATIONS!!! I am SOOOO very happy for you and your family! And, don't how you love that the minute you find out you are pregnant...you are already 2+ weeks along! I LOVE that! They are like a little "freebie."
ReplyDeleteWow. I truely am so excited for you!
Congratulations Shalene.
ReplyDeleteThe Lord hasn't seen fit for me to have a 2nd child in 23 yrs.
I praise HIM for seeing fit to give that blessing to all those who He chooses.
You're on your way to having your own basketball team.... ;-)
Kimberly
I may be on my way, but this will be the last baby I have. (Or at least try to have.) My ability to have another baby will be surgically hampered after this child is born. :) I know God can do anything, so if He wills that I have more after this, then He could do it, but it won't be something I have planned. :) Thanks for all your well wishes and congrats, Leeann and Kimberly.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Shalene,
ReplyDeleteWe will be praying for you and yours. What a blessing it is. I can't imagine having two much less five children. We have been blessed with one girl. I don't know if we will be having anymore, we certainly haven't planned on it.
(You are right I did comment once before, sorry poor memory)
Congrats! I'll definitely be praying for you.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! You are in my prayers.
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Thank you everyone for your prayers and well wishes. We can never have too much of either. May God bless you and keep you. In Him, Shalene
ReplyDeleteCongrats Shalene! I don't know how you do it! I can barely keep up with my two. I will be praying for you. I hope this pregnancy goes well. My last one was hard but now that he is here, who cares!?! If you need help keeping up with your newsletter writing, etc., just let me know and I will help out if I can!
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