Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. ~ Hebrews 11:1
Many of you know that Jared and I have struggled with infertility for 10 years. This is something I never thought would happen to me as a little girl thinking of myself having a family and being a mommy. After all these years of crying out to God and feeling that I'm inadequate, I had a breakthrough while on Choir Tour about a week ago. I was reminded of Hanna in 1 Samuel 1. She poured herself out to God. So much so that Eli thought she was drunk! I feel as though God was asking me to completely surrender to Him and so I did.
I have decided to live and think in a new way. A way that God has called us to live. A life that is FULL of faith and hope. Because of this new way of thinking, we have decided to call our future children by name. To speak about them, to pray and dream over them. At first, I thought "Is this weird? Should I really do that?"
Then I thought to myself that if we really believe that God can do the miraculous, this is one small thing we can do. We believe He will fulfill His promise to us. So we have decided to call things as though they are.
My desire is to have twins; a boy and a girl.
So here are their names:
Selah Grace Jones and Sullivan Nathaniel Jones
I know maybe no one has ever done this before but I feel it's a HUGE step of faith for Jared and me.
Please pray for them..I know they
haven't yet come but I would like to usher my children in on a HUGE wave of
prayer. I want them to be close to the heart of God. I want people to
know their names and to call them out in prayer.
Pray for Jared and me as well; that we will stand strong in our faith and cling to the hope we have in Jesus. I know this is different but I believe its for a divine purpose.
I want God to be glorified in all of this! I want people's faith to be increased when they see and hear what God has done. That is the reason for everything! To bring Him glory! To make Him BIG and me small.
Even if I don't have a boy and girl twins, I know that God knows what's best and I am happy either way. Will you stand and pray with us?
Thank you for your prayers in advance!
~ Natalie
