Excitement of Blessings

The last few days have been ones of excitement, filled with blessings.

First, my prayers have been answered about getting a good piano for cheap...which has been hard to find. I have been patiently waiting for one to come up for quite a few months now. We were looking for a spinet piano that wouldn't need to be tuned. The other night, one came up on Craigslist for sale. They were asking $250 a couple of days previous and all of the sudden they dropped it to $100 and offered to deliver it for the cost of gas! I called on it right away and the man was very nice. His family had had this piano for 40+ years and it has been well maintained and tuned often. It was just what we were looking for...and praying for! We had them deliver it the next day. It has been a blessing so far. I have been brushing up on my much neglected piano skills (or lack of) for the last few days. It feels good to play again! -- Thank you Lord!

Saturday (November 5th) was opening day of deer hunting season in this area. -Always a very looked-forward-to and exciting weekend for folks around here. A time for a chance to replenish the food supply in our freezers and a time for some challenge, fun and of course, some miserable freezing. :)
Chad and I were praying that the Lord would bless this season for us and our families. We ourselves had just used the last of our venison meat from previous years and were virtually meatless. -We all know that to live on the meat from the stores could mean future bankruptcy...haha...the prices of food, and everything else for that matter, never cease to amaze and disgust me. So, weeks before deer season had begun, we would diligently pray that the Lord would provide us with the meat we need for this year. As a result, opening morning, Chad was in his deer stand for about 30 mins or less when along comes a deer. He shoots, and scores! :) About 5-10 minutes later, another one emerges from the woods and he was able to successfully shoot and kill that one as well! Two deer in less than an hour of time. What a blessing! He immediatley let me know of his success and I left my spot to praise God and go help him with processing. Now, 2 days later, our once empty freezer is pretty well stocked with lots of roasts, fry meat, backstraps, tenderloins, and 40+ lbs of burger!! Jehovah Jirah!--- our provider---God is sufficient in every area.
My family is well on their way to stocking their freezers as well! Praise God! I love that the Lord is concerned with every little area in our lives.

Another little blessing that I would like to mention is one that I have been eagerly waiting for. Last night as Chad and I were watching an old movie, I felt our baby move. It was plain as day and I was sure that was it! I exposed my tummy to see if I could see it move because the kick felt pretty strong. Sure enough, he kicked again and my stomach moved with the force. Chad got to see and feel our precious baby moving at the same time. I think it's neat that we got to feel him at the same time! :) Now I'm always eagerly waiting for him to move like that again, and the excitement comes when he does. What a miracle to think that a living child is in my tummy, growing, and will soon be out to meet all of us. We would ask for your prayers for our baby as he continues to develop in the womb. I love Psalm 139. The knowledge that God is creating this child within me is so wonderful! Praise Him for His unspeakable gifts of love and mercy to us!

We would love to hear from any of you! Anything the Lord has been showing you or blessing you with would be great encouragement to us! Also, we would like to hear about any prayer requests!

Blessings to you all!! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins. Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall: For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.(2 Peter 1:2-11)

ps. check out the new pics I added! :)