Peace In The Promise

So if you’ve been following my YouTube and Instagram, you will already know that we are expecting baby number 3! And as I’m sure you have already gathered (given the title of this blog-post), we will be welcoming another baby BOY into our family! Wahoo!

To celebrate this, I organised a special family photoshoot with my favourite photographer ever, the beautiful Monica (Monica Cugnier Photography)!

The prep was hilariously chaotic in the best way possible, from hubby dashing off to pick up a gender reveal cannon last minute, to flinging the kids in the car and speeding to the venue (only to miss the beloved golden hour 😩), to my husband wearing socks for most of the photo shoot (unbeknown to me), and to the wind scooping up the gender reveal smoke in one swift gust, just as I set off the canon. It was hilarious. So many laughs, a whole lot of fun, and an element of running after a certain toddler and bouncing babies to make them laugh…all in all, it was a typical family shoot.

And, like a cyclone, the chaos came and went. Just like that, it was over!

I can’t even lie, I was stressed the half hour beforehand – it was such a mad rush! I was literally trying to stick a lash on 5 minutes before we were supposed to be there (and I am NOT proficient in that ministry 😩)! I’m not proud of it, but evidently it seems that for almost every family photo shoot (and near everything else for that matter) we end up late! #FamilyLife

Monica is an absolute gem and was so chilled throughout the whole process, she updated me on the lighting situation and was so positive. I trusted her to get the shots that we needed – she always does!

Anywho, enough about the gender reveal…lets talk about pregnancy! More specifically, let’s talk about how I knew my kids’ genders before the sonographer did! And no, I’m not talking about old wives’ tales (I’ve never been one to believe in them if I’m honest).

So, how did I know?

Here’s the break down…

For each of my kids, I have had a deep knowing of their genders. Like knowing that grass is green (unless it’s mine y’all, it’s currently *mostly* green with patches of ombre yellow 😂). It was (for the most part) without question. I just knew. Some may call it “Mother’s Instinct”, but I know that God placed that knowing in me for a reason. He not only revealed to me their genders but, for the first 2, he gave me their names (I’m still *patiently* waiting on the 3rd, Lord 👀😂), and certain qualities and giftings that he had placed within them.

It was (and is) truly incredible, and such an honour for God to share such knowledge with me. It wasn’t just for fun though; he shared it with me so that I may pray over them, and so that when all comes to pass, he may obtain the glory.

To clarify, I don’t believe that God shared these things with me so that I may dictate my children’s callings, or confine them to one box of who I think they will be, rather, much like Jacob concerning Joseph, or even Mary concerning Jesus, I am to ‘keep the matter in mind’ and ‘store it (God’s words concerning my children) up in my heart’, and nurture them as he guides me. I heard the message, and I have been called to work in partnership with God as their mother.

A whopping great task if you ask me!

So for any SAHM that may be feeling purposeless or useless in their current position or season, I have come here to tell you that your role is far greater than you think. I sincerely do not mean the following in a patronising way (as I know it can sometimes feel that way), but: do not overlook your current position! Your role is VITAL. You are literally a pillar.

Mary (the mother of Jesus) heard a Word from God about the baby boy she would carry, birth and raise. Whilst she did her part by partnering with and surrendering to the Father, she saw that very word fulfilled before her eyes.

You ARE important Mama.

Every prayer, every sleepless night, every tear, every smile, every sacrifice, and every decision counts. And if nobody else has said it to you, thank YOU for your efforts and sacrifices! Motherhood (and parenting as a whole) can often feel like a silent or overlooked ministry, when in actual fact it is a powerful ministry that impacts the world. You are a champion – a world changer raising world changers, one day at a time, one step at a time.

Any who, over the past few years I have had this picture in my head that I would have a boy, then a girl, and then another boy. Not an image that I idolized per-se, but more like I just had a feeling that that’s how it would be.

After I had my son, God literally gave me a dream about my daughter (before I was even pregnant) – it was so sweet that I was brought to tears. And when we suspected that I was pregnant for the 3rd time, I felt such a peace wash over me. I felt content, and knew almost immediately that I was pregnant, and that it would be a boy.

Mind you, I did have some random pregnancy dreams about me having twins around the time I became pregnant with our 3rd, which had us thinking that it was twin boys 😳 When I was assured that there was only 1 baby in there at the first scan, I joked and told my husband that perhaps God was showing me what was to come ✌🏾🏃🏾‍♀️ #WAITAMINUTJEEEESUSSS, not if my human interventions have any say in the matter 😂🙅🏾‍♀️ (seriously though, I am convinced that if God has planned for a mini world changed to come into the world, no devil from hell…and no barrier of man can or will stop him 🥴😅)

All jokes aside, in our growing family, I have really witnessed the sovereignty of Jesus. There’s a Proverb that says that ‘many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it’s the Lord’s purpose that prevails’. And that could not be more true. I am all for organisation, exercising practical wisdom, and planning ahead for what suits you and your family (these are all 100% my natural inclinations!), but all in all, I have ultimately learned to rest in God’s sovereignty – his what and his when.

God deciding that new life is to be born into this world, a whole being with their own unique finger print, calling, purpose, and gifts, is probably one of, if not the most, incredible things I have ever had the privilege of participating in. A child conceived is something that is so incredible. Pre planned by God, full, unique, and with a purpose to achieve. That, friends, is bigger than me. God can literally decide to birth and/or raise a king, a president, or an advocate of any kind through us, and that blows my mind. It definitely puts things into perspective. Our plans may seem logical or ‘right’, but it is ultimately God’s sovereign plan that is always for the good of the entire Kingdom, and I am so thankful that his sovereign will prevails – even if we don’t understand it at the time!

So, long story short, how did I know the genders of my kids before the sonographer, doctor, or anyone else for that matter?

Jesus told me.

#Dassssit

Peace!

‘Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.’ – Jeremiah 33:3