Bella's 9 month check-up

Well, baby Bella isn't such a little baby anymore! She went from being this little 5 pound 11 ounce 18 inch baby girl to growing into the big girl that she is now!

She is now 20 pounds 12.5 ounces and 28 inches long! She has gained 15 pounds and grown 10 inches in 9 months! WOW! She is now in the 75th percentile on the growth curve. Not too bad since she started out in the 5th-10th percentile. It just all seems to be going so fast. I wish it would slow down and she would stay little for longer.I love this picture of Bella sticking her tongue out! =)

The Desires of His Heart

"Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart." Psalm 37:4 (NIV)

When I was young, my girlfriends and I used to play a game where we would choose different ideals we had for our lives, from whom we wanted to marry, to what car we wanted to drive. Life seemed so simple then! In just one short game, I could plan my life out from start to finish. Funny thing is, I never did marry Johnny Depp, I don't live in a mansion, and I don't drive a Porsche.

Well, I was young, and it's certainly a blessing that I didn't end up having to live out the life I planned for myself then. But what about now? As an adult, I've had plenty of dreams for my life. I think I'm pretty intuitive about myself, and I've got a good idea how I think things should go. And since Scripture says the Lord will give us the desires of our hearts, shouldn't these things be coming to pass?

Maybe not. The Lord knows a whole lot more than we give Him credit for, and maybe what He has planned for our lives doesn't match up with what we have planned.

Jeremiah 29:11 says, "'For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the LORD, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future'" (NIV).

What a promise! In just a few words, this verse tells us how much God loves us and how much He wants to bless our lives. He wants our short walk on this earth to be worth so much! But then, what about those desires of our hearts? Where do they fit in?

The Hebrew definition of the word delight in Psalm 37:4 is interesting; it involves the idea of being soft and pliable. Makes me think of clay. I've used small blocks of clay before, and in order to be able to work with on e, I need to hold in it my hands and get it warm and soft, ready to be formed into the shape I intend for it to be. Sound familiar? "Yet, O LORD, you are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand" (Isaiah 64:8, NIV).

As the Potter forms us, we begin to know Him more. His thoughts become our thoughts. That's when God does more than grant us the desires of our hearts; He actually provides us with those very desires. We no longer want what we want, we want what He wants. And it is most certain that whatever the Lord wishes to bring to pass in our lives, He also desires to freely give us.

We're so often caught up in our own ideas that we forget to listen to His. What a difference it would make if we had God's best intentions at heart. If we could just step out in faith that our Father wants our very best, and that of all things on this earth, we could never have better than what He gives. What peace that would bring to us all. What delight that would bring to our Lord.

And what gifts that would place at our feet when He both provides and fulfills the desires of our hearts!

Dear Lord, help me to see how much You love me and how much You want for me. Take my heart in Your hand and fashion it after Your own heart so that I will know the beauty of what You desire for my life. In Jesus Name, Amen.

My 9 month old Bella girl

Baby Bella turned 9 months old this week. She is a fast crawler with two teeth and she pulled herself to standing all on her own yesterday. I can't believe how quickly it all seems to be going. Maybe it is because she is my last and I don't want her to grow up so fast, but this time everything seems to be flying by. She is starting to talk more. She has been saying ma-ma for months (at least if she doesn't look like me she said my name first!) and now says pa-pa, da-da, ba-ba, and is trying to say kitty. We go to the doctor tomorrow for her 9 month check-up. I am anxious to see how much she has grown. She is getting SO big!

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