.When God says.

For the last two (plus) years my best friend Delilah Jane and her husband
have been trying to get pregnant.
It has been a frustrating process for them
filled with lots of doctors appointments and conflicting answers.
I am thankful that Delilah allowed me to walk through this process with her.

{Me and Delilah at her September 2008 wedding}

As you can imagine,
this process has had its share of valleys
but there have been some peaks as well.
Delilah is an encourager by nature.
Talk to her for two minutes and you'll know it.
God has given Delilah opportunities
to share with and love on other women through the journey.
I've told her more than once that I am so thankful that
she is allowing God to use her even when its painful.

Two months ago Delilah and I were discussing her upcoming doctor's appointment.
Yet another doctor's appointment.
Why wasn't she getting pregnant?
Why did she keep getting conflicting answers from doctors?
And then, it dawned on me.
It was so simple and yet completely complex at the same time.
It didn't matter what the doctors told her;
God is not constrained by logistics.
When He says that its going to happen,
its going to happen.
But not a moment before that.

Today you may be waiting for something.
A baby, a husband, a job opportunity, relief from a hurt.
Whatever it is, take hope in the fact that God knows it.
He knows you intimately.
Even though it may be painful,
God has a purpose for the season that you're in.
Trust Him.
Confide your feelings in Him.
Draw closer to Him through this experience.
I promise that you won't regret it.

Oh, and that conversation that Delilah and I had in May...?
She didn't know it then
but she was already pregnant.

I am so happy to announce that
Delilah and Jeff will welcome Baby Phillips sometime around January 25, 2012.
I am so excited for them and so anxious to be an aunt to that precious baby.
Even though we're literally on opposite ends of the country,
he or she won't have any doubts about whether or not
his/her Aunt Katie is crazy about him.

God is good, even when you don't know what He's doing, He's good.

{She's not showing yet but she has promised me that I can add a bump shot when she is!}

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