*one week and two days left!* August 15 is quickly approaching, and there's still some things left to do. Pack the rest of the labor bag, wash all awesome new clothes & hand-me-downs I have been given.
I'm memorizing Psalm 46 to help me as I go through labor. I don't know if I'll even be coherent enough to remember it by then, but I want to have something (Someone) to focus on- besides the pain. In all this newness quickly coming, it is so good to know that I worship a God who will not change, will never leave me nor forsake me.
[ignore the cap letters in parenthesis, i copy + pasted]
Psalm 46 (ESV)
God Is Our Fortress
1God is our refuge and strength,
a very present[b] help in(E) trouble.
2Therefore we will not fear(F) though the earth gives way,
though the mountains be moved into(G) the heart of the sea,
3though(H) its waters roar and foam,
though the mountains tremble at its swelling.
Selah
4There is(I) a river whose streams make glad(J) the city of God,
the holy(K) habitation of the Most High.
5(L) God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved;
God will help her when morning dawns.
6(M) The nations rage, the kingdoms totter;
he(N) utters his voice, the earth(O) melts.
7(P) The LORD of hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress.
Selah
8(Q) Come, behold the works of the LORD,
how he has brought desolations on the earth.
9(R) He makes wars cease to the end of the earth;
he(S) breaks the bow and shatters the spear;
(T) he burns the chariots with fire.
10(U) "Be still, and know that I am God.
(V) I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth!"
11(W) The LORD of hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress.
