new life, new lives

New life.

It's a beautiful thing.  After suffering a miscarriage just over a year ago, the concept of new life brings a whole new meaning to me.

I'm currently 32 weeks 6 days pregnant, and cannot thank my God enough for allowing me the privilege of caring this new life.  This new life that my husband and I created together.  I had my last ultrasound yesterday and got to see our little one move, kick and wiggle in my womb and cannot even begin to describe the feeling.  It was perfect.

I LOVE being pregnant. Don't get me wrong; it's uncomfortable, my ribs are permanently bruised from being my baby's footrest, I miss sleeping on my belly, heartburn, back pain, leg pain...I could go on.  Despite all of those things, being pregnant has been the most amazing experience of my life, thus far. I wouldn't change anything.  I'll take those pains 10x over again...as long as it meant our baby was healthy.

I'm counting down the days to the arrival of Baby Funk.  Anticipating that moment when I can hold him/her skin to skin, our baby will look at me, just knowing I'm their mommy and hubby is their daddy!  Us both knowing our life, our decisions will now be for our baby, taking care of this life God has blessed us with.

Our lives are currently are full with ministry and work and just life.  I don't necessarily like to call our current schedule, 'busy'.  The fulfillment in being able to give my time, my spiritual gifts to a ministry has changed me more than I could even say.  God calls us to be selfless with our lives because this life is not our own.  It gives me less time for "myself", but has allow our marriage to grow, and most importantly, my relationship with my Lord to grow.  And the relationship between my God and I is the most important.  People often call our schedules, "too busy", but I can't picture our lives without it...yet.

I know a baby will change our current life, into something new, something beautiful.   We're both excited to bring our baby into our schedule, adjusting it to where we see fit, still serving our Lord, even if it's in new ways.

It's all just beginning....