You Bring Restoration

what our little man might look like right now. This is a baby from 14-18 weeks, so he is somewhere in that mix
So last night we went to a prayer meeting at The Village's Flower Mound campus. It was all three campuses coming together to pray for God's leadership over our church. (This is something I love about our church. They are very aware that it is easy to become a church that cares about numbers and can get away from God's leadership. They dont want to be that church, so they continuously seek Him in prayer for guidance.)

Anyway, in traffic, it was about an hour drive and I was kind of hoping we wouldnt get in because I really wanted to go eat at this pizza place called Pallios near by (AMAZING pizza and Im pregnant, but still...pizza over prayer?) Needless to say, God had different plans for me last night. We did not get turned away and were able to go to the prayer meeting. I would say there were about 700-800 people there. Matt had us break into groups of two (I was with John) and start praying that God would reveal to us how much we needed Him. I of course then had to confess that I wanted pizza over prayer time with God:)and Im pretty sure he forgave me for that one, but then John and I both prayed together that God would show us Himself even more and remind us every day how much we need Him.

After that little prayer session, Michael Bleeker (my most favorite singer EVER) started singing the song "Your Bring Restoration" It is the most beautiful song and is something that I have enjoyed singing since working through my last miscarriage. The lyrics go like this: "You take my mourning and turn it into dancing. You take my weeping and turn it into laughing. You take my mourning and turn it into dancing. You take my sadness and turn it into joy. Youve taken my pain, and you call my by a new name. Youve taken my shame and in its place, you bring my joy. Halleluja! Halleluja! You make all things new." Its an awesome song, and I always love singing it.

Last night, however, was especially special. The song always makes me kind of emotional because it's awesome to see how God has taken away my pain of the miscarriage and its amazing to see the joy that I have had since then. Well, when we were singing it last night, I had my hands on my stomach where the baby is (I think im going to be one of those weird pregnant people that always touches thier stomach...)and he started moving around during the song. He was gettin down with his bad self. I hope I never get used to him moving. I hope it amazes me every single time until he is born. It is a miracle that I am growing a child inside my stomach and I hope that it never ceases to amaze me. It was precious to be reminded even more so that our life is in God's hands and that he has a perfect plan for us.


Psalm 30:11 & 12 says "You have turned my mourning into joyful dancing. You have taken away my clothes of mourning and clothed me with joy, that I might sing praises to you and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give you thanks forever!