A Promise Is A Promise

“This time next year you will have a baby…”

Umm what? But God, I just had a baby. Can I take a break? I’m not even sure I want another baby…

It was Radiant 2019, a time of refreshing, fun with girlfriends, worship and the word.

I had such an expectant heart going into Radiant. I just knew God had something special He wanted to speak to me during the conference and so I waited patiently. But that word wasn’t exactly what I was expecting.

Not sure if I was just hearing things or didn’t catch exactly what was said, I mean after all I was sleep deprived so it was possible.

I rolled the thought around in my head for a few days and then let it go. Just like that, I forgot.

It wasn’t until November that talks of another baby was the conversation topic between my husband and I. It actually started because of a name I really liked. Of course we hadn’t decided, but just talked about if we wanted a third baby and how long we’d wait if so.

Journaling one day in December I wrote that baby name down (remember I had forgotten God’s promise to me) along with other things on my heart. 

February rolls around and it’s my birthday!!! Only I don’t feel so good and haven’t for days. We celebrate and watch the super bowl that evening and I can barley keep my eyes open because I feel so terrible. The next day I thought surely this can’t be that. So I took a pregnancy test and sure enough it was THAT!

Oh boy. Guess we’re doing this. 

A few weeks into the good news the world was turned upside down by a virus…

Later being reminded of God’s promise to me, although at one point I had forgotten, was what I held so tightly to through the next few months of doc appointments and the rest of life while navigating such a crazy time in history.

I found myself at times asking God why would He make me a promise knowing something like this was going to take place. Pregnant during a pandemic?!? But that’s just it, He was letting me know that regardless of what was going on in the world, His promises still stand, that He has a good plan, even when things don’t look good and that He is faithful. God knew what was ahead and gave me a heads up, well sorta.

On October 2, 2020 I received my promise. Hazel Victoria-Lyric is such a blessing and joy to us. Seriously the best gift 2020 has had to offer.
God is so faithful!

“For all the promises of God find their Yes in him. That is why it is through him that we utter our Amen to God for his glory.”-2 Corinthians‬ ‭1:20‬ ‭ESV‬‬