My Faithful, Comforting God

One of the things I'd forgotten about pregnancy is the migraines. I have had one since yesterday morning (it's now 2:25). I've kind of kep it at bay off and on since then, but last night I woke up in intense pain and had to take one of my migraine pills. I worried about and prayed about it and felt it was the best thing to do. Then this morning, I prayed for peace. I announced my pregnancy to my small group at BSF today, because I am not sure how much longer I'll be in their group and when I'll move to leader's. After group, a sweet lady came up to me and said the Lord gave her a verse for me. She said when I announced it, God spoke to her and said, "She will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living." (It comes from Ps. 27:13.) Then she said, "God wants you to know this pregnancy is a blessing and you're going to have a healthy baby." Then she prayed over me. What a sweet blessing! I just sat down to listen to my lecture and was reading the opening from this morning. The TL spoke on fear. She said:

"When we are in fear we can do nothing less than pray to God, but Our Lord has a right to expect that those who name His Name should have an understanding confidence in Him. God expects His children to be so confident in Him that in any crisis they are the reliable ones. Our trust is in God up to a certain point, then we go back to the elementary panic prayers of those who do not know God. We get to our wits’ end, showing that we have not the slightest confidence in Him and His government of the world; He seems to be asleep, and we see nothing but breakers ahead."

Then:

"We have been talking a great deal about sanctification – what is it all going to amount to? It should work out into rest in God which means oneness with God, a oneness which will make us not only blameless in His sight, but a deep joy to Him."

I believe God has my best in mind. It is so sweet to know that even when I falter in my faith and give into fear that He is still there to reassure me that He will never let me go, even in a true crisis.