What a wonderful day! Woke up early to be down at the hospital for baby Cooper to be induced. Beth brought Jayda by because she was sick and she stayed with Granpops. Armed with my days supply of Ritz crackers :) Beth and I headed down to the hospital. The excitement of the day ahead helped to fight off the waves of nausea. Katie is absolutely one of the strongest women I know. She went in at 7 am and never uttered a complaint throughout her entire labor. I told her that if more moms labored like her there would be more labor and delivery nurses :) Cooper had his moments during the labor process when his heart rate dropped and Katie had to be on oxygen. Laura and Karla long time friends of mine were the baby nurse and the Respiratory therapist. Cooper decided he wanted to be vacuumed out but he only required a little suction since Katie was such a strong pusher.
With a tear in his eye, Eric cut the cord and welcomed his new son. Cooper entered the world weighing in at 8 lbs. 4 oz. and 21 inches long. (Even though Eric told some people he was 6 inches long taking after his daddy :)
As I held this tiny gift from God for the very first time all I could think of was my favorite scripture in the entire bible "Great is the Faithfulness" Lamentations 3:23 and cried tears of joy for Baby Cooper was born this day at 3:23!
God is Good.
Friday, February 6, 2009
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Go To Sleep Praying
Well, I ended up having to miss bible study, children's choir and adult choir yesterday(the things in my week I most look forward to) because the nausea would never go away. So I went to sleep crying and woke up with a headache. Lesson learned: Go to sleep praying instead of crying and you won't wake up with a headache :)
This morning I had to go into the hospital to renew my NRP certification. It was cold and I was afraid that this cough would turn into pneumonia. I hope at some point every thing I do doesn't revolve around the repercussions of this cancer.
But it was good to go in. Especially to see the babies. Oh. how I miss them! Got to visit with my friends and the doctors. It was uplifting.
Ann gave me ritz crackers (my food of choice now) and 2 books to read during chemo and Lenny said that in the Navy whenever the guys got nauseous they sniffed an alcohol swab and it helped. So I picked up a bunch of alcohol swabs.
I'm sure this won't be the last time I say this. But, I am sooo blessed to have sooo many friends. Another of God's gifts!
This morning I had to go into the hospital to renew my NRP certification. It was cold and I was afraid that this cough would turn into pneumonia. I hope at some point every thing I do doesn't revolve around the repercussions of this cancer.
But it was good to go in. Especially to see the babies. Oh. how I miss them! Got to visit with my friends and the doctors. It was uplifting.
Ann gave me ritz crackers (my food of choice now) and 2 books to read during chemo and Lenny said that in the Navy whenever the guys got nauseous they sniffed an alcohol swab and it helped. So I picked up a bunch of alcohol swabs.
I'm sure this won't be the last time I say this. But, I am sooo blessed to have sooo many friends. Another of God's gifts!
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Obedience With A Cost
Lamentations 3:23! New Mercies Fresh this Morning.
I usually post at the end of the day but felt like I need to share how the new morning has started. Woke up still felling nauseous but a little less. Thank You Carl and Zofran :)
I opened my TGIF devotional on my E-Mail and felt like God was saying "Good Morning, Roxanne. Here are my words to you today. Ponder them and keep them in your heart."
Here is what it said:
Obedience With a Cost
TGIF Today God Is First Volume 1 by Os Hillman
Wednesday, February 04 2009
Ever since I went to Pharaoh to speak in Your name, he has brought trouble upon this people, and You have not rescued Your people at all. - Exodus 5:23
Have you ever felt like you have been obedient to the Lord for something He called you to do and all you get are more roadblocks? This is the way Moses felt. When Moses went to tell Pharaoh to release the people because God said so, Pharaoh simply got angry and made the people make bricks without straw. Moses caught the blame for this from the people. Moses was just learning what obedience really means in God's Kingdom. You see Moses had not even begun to release plagues upon Egypt. He hadn't even gotten started yet in his calling, and he was complaining about his circumstances. There were many more encounters with Pharaoh to come, and many more plagues with no deliverances in sight. Why would God tell Moses that He is going to deliver them and not do it?
It was all in timing. God never said when He was going to deliver. He just said He would. In the next chapter, we find Moses arguing with God about not being capable of the job God had called him to:
But Moses said to the Lord, "If the Israelites will not listen to me, why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I speak with faltering lips?" Now the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron about the Israelites and Pharaoh king of Egypt, and He commanded them to bring the Israelites out of Egypt (Exodus 6:12-13).
Do you get the feeling God was losing His patience?
God had a good reason for His delays. He said, "And the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord when I stretch out My hand against Egypt and bring the Israelites out of it" (Ex. 7:5). God not only wanted the people of Israel but also the Egyptians to know Him. It would be the greatest show of God's power on earth.
God often causes delays in our lives that we cannot understand. Sometimes it seems our obedience is not getting rewarded. Jesus said He learned obedience through the things He suffered (see Heb. 5:8). Imagine that - Jesus having to learn obedience. What does that say for you and me? Sometimes God's delays are simply because He wants more glory in the situation, more recognition, more Christ-likeness in you and me through greater patience and obedience. Faint not, for the promise may yet come.
Thank You, Lord for your unending faithfulness to me!
I usually post at the end of the day but felt like I need to share how the new morning has started. Woke up still felling nauseous but a little less. Thank You Carl and Zofran :)
I opened my TGIF devotional on my E-Mail and felt like God was saying "Good Morning, Roxanne. Here are my words to you today. Ponder them and keep them in your heart."
Here is what it said:
Obedience With a Cost
TGIF Today God Is First Volume 1 by Os Hillman
Wednesday, February 04 2009
Ever since I went to Pharaoh to speak in Your name, he has brought trouble upon this people, and You have not rescued Your people at all. - Exodus 5:23
Have you ever felt like you have been obedient to the Lord for something He called you to do and all you get are more roadblocks? This is the way Moses felt. When Moses went to tell Pharaoh to release the people because God said so, Pharaoh simply got angry and made the people make bricks without straw. Moses caught the blame for this from the people. Moses was just learning what obedience really means in God's Kingdom. You see Moses had not even begun to release plagues upon Egypt. He hadn't even gotten started yet in his calling, and he was complaining about his circumstances. There were many more encounters with Pharaoh to come, and many more plagues with no deliverances in sight. Why would God tell Moses that He is going to deliver them and not do it?
It was all in timing. God never said when He was going to deliver. He just said He would. In the next chapter, we find Moses arguing with God about not being capable of the job God had called him to:
But Moses said to the Lord, "If the Israelites will not listen to me, why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I speak with faltering lips?" Now the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron about the Israelites and Pharaoh king of Egypt, and He commanded them to bring the Israelites out of Egypt (Exodus 6:12-13).
Do you get the feeling God was losing His patience?
God had a good reason for His delays. He said, "And the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord when I stretch out My hand against Egypt and bring the Israelites out of it" (Ex. 7:5). God not only wanted the people of Israel but also the Egyptians to know Him. It would be the greatest show of God's power on earth.
God often causes delays in our lives that we cannot understand. Sometimes it seems our obedience is not getting rewarded. Jesus said He learned obedience through the things He suffered (see Heb. 5:8). Imagine that - Jesus having to learn obedience. What does that say for you and me? Sometimes God's delays are simply because He wants more glory in the situation, more recognition, more Christ-likeness in you and me through greater patience and obedience. Faint not, for the promise may yet come.
Thank You, Lord for your unending faithfulness to me!
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