Run With Sparkle

“ Heal me, Lord and I will be healed. Save me and I will be saved, for you are the one that I praise.”  Jeremiah 17:14      My little Ury boy has struggled with warts for as long as I can remember. I took him to the Dr. last winter and got berated for not bringing him in sooner. He has so many warts that the doctor said it would take months of visits to remove the warts. I didn’t go back after the first wart the doctor “removed” didn’t go away. I tried everything I could find. Every over the counter medicine, every oil, every vitamin. I would try it long enough to see if ANY of the warts would go away, but when none of them did, and more would grow, I’d stop the treatment. I was at my wits end. This past May I was very consistent with Oregano Oil and Lysine for about a month and then stopped because of our busy schedule and summer trips, etc. In August, I had gone to the Poconos to teach at a youth camp, leaving Ury, Zeke, & Elijah with Daddy.  I had been studying the book of James

Today marks 20 weeks of pregnancy with baby #6. I am so beyond thankful for how good I’ve been feeling & the blessing of this pregnancy. I continue to feel good enough to run 4.5 miles & workout few days a week. I’m enjoying, for the most part, my pregnant body & the changes that come with it.  Thank you, Jesus...I really can’t say thank you enough.  I’ve been on the other side of pregnancy with much difficulty & I’m so thankful for every day that I feel good! In May I was sick in bed with Strep throat and in a prayer conversation with the Lord felt that I heard Him tell me why I was hesitant to have any more kids. “It’s because you don’t trust me.” When I came to term with the truth of that statement, I was ready for another baby. There were so many different levels of fear in this area that I had to surrender to Jesus. What about my horrible hormones, the lack of energy due to exhaustion & weight gain, Sciatica problems, what about finances, a new van? The list go

Isaiah 40:11- “He will gently lead the mother sheep with her young.”  I was sitting at the pool on vacation in Jacksonville, FL, a little terrified. No, tremendously terrified over the news I had just received. A positive pregnancy test. I had 2 beautiful babies, but I was a mess of a mother.  I had told Jesus that I would have more if He’d help me & He obviously would.  Now, at the pool, I asked for a promise...a promise that I would be able to handle three babies.  I picked up where I had left off in Isaiah & read “He will gently lead  Heather  with  her  young.” A few years later at a Titus Women’s retreat (with baby #5 in tow) I would learn that the word for “gently lead” is the Hebrew word,  nahal.  Nahal (from Strong’s Concordance) means to protect, sustain, carry, feed, guide, lead, TO RUN WITH A SPARKLE. How precious is that? The picture I see is of a little lamb being gently led and able to skip, hop, and run with the knowledge that she will be protected.