Babies are Everywhere!

No, i'm not joking....everywhere I turn, there is a baby. My best friend just had a baby in December. Two girls on my softball team are pregnant. One girl on my softball team just had a baby in the last 6 months. My co-worker's wife is pregnant. I log-in to facebook and my news feed is exploding with congratulations and baby pictures. Two Chi Alpa alumnis had their babies this week. And another UVA alumni friend had her baby in the last 6 months too. A girl in my Community Group is pregnant too. Then, all day today, I have been watching facebook because my associate pastor at WEC - his wife is having twins - today! Seriously, they are everywhere!!!

What a joy it is to have new life at every place I turn everyday! I love babies! I love looking at them and playing with them, and I love watching mothers interact with their babies. There is such a sense of deep, unconditional love that you see in their eyes. They would lay down their life for their child, do anything for them to keep them from harm. That love is beautiful to witness. Then watching the baby itself, he/she is bursting with life! They are so curious and want to grab and look at everything and anything you place before them. Such innocence and purity in their actions and in their eyes. I just love it. I hope that one day God blesses me with one, two, or three children of my own....or however many are in His plan. But until then, it gives me great joy to be a part of the lives of so many people who are experiencing the miracle of life!

Battlefield of the Mind

I just finished reading Joyce Meyer's book called Battlefield of the Mind. It was very good and I recommend it to anyone who is struggling with the stronghold of negative or unhealthy thought patterns in their life. Here are some key statements and scriptures from the book that resonated with me and that I am using in my battle to tear down my stronghold of negativity and depression: