Christmas Coffee

Last night I had the privelage of attending an event at church called Christmas Coffee. I took with me 7 of my great friends/family. The message was particularly inspiring for me. She spoke about barreness. It was related to the story of Elizabeth in the Bible. In the end, Elizabeth was blessed with a son, John the Baptist.

For many reasons the story evoked a lot of emotion for me. As so many of you know, pregnancy was not God's plan for me. For so many years (and probably up until last night) I questioned why. I babysat most of my young life, even in to my college years. Once Christina was born, I was in Heaven. She was such an angel to me. Nick and I were blessed to be her godparents. As I watched her grow up I so envisioned being a mom. More and more children entered the family and still we couldn't conceive.

Last night I learned he had a bigger plan for me. My children - whom we are so lucky to have - were brought to us by God. He had a reason for why our lives (including the boys) worked out the way they did.

After last night's message, my barrenness is no longer relevant in my life. It was filled by greater gifts ... Will and Reagan.

To those of you that are reading this and came with me, thank you! I hope you will come again next year.