I’ve heard the rumors and I know that people have been talking. Let me be the first to tell you that the rumors are true. Yes, I am expecting. It’s not as hard to admit this as I thought, but here I am pregnant…AGAIN. And I know that if you tell one person, then everyone knows, so I figured I’d blog about it. Now, to be honest this is not my first, second, or even my third pregnancy and I know we have others that are and have been pregnant on the race before too, so a couple of us already know what to expect.
The first thing I’m expecting is the dreaded…WEIGHT GAIN! Because…I am HUNGRY y’all…Some on my team have even noticed that I’ve been eating a lot lately. How about you? Have you noticed that you’ve been a little more hungry than normal?…You might be pregnant, too…As I’ve found myself feasting, I’ve recognize that the way I nourishing myself directly affects others and what I feed myself effects my fruit. So even though I am hungry, I have to be mindful of what I’m eating. I can’t expect to eat junk and have a healthy baby. If I continuously put garbage in…Then what can I expect to come out, but garbage?… So often we fulfill our immediate desires, without considering what we’re using to fulfilling those desires.
The next thing that has been plaguing me is…FATIGUE! I am also ridiculously tired. The things I use to do, don’t come as easily to me now. The words I use to say to flow as easily and more. The people I use to see don’t come around as much anymore and the places I use to go I’m not comfortable with any more. I’m tired of doing the same things that I’ve always done, because it’s time for something new! What worked in my skinny season, doesn’t work in my pregnant one.
The last major change that I’ve been learning to endure is the challenge to…PUSH THROUGH THE PAIN! So now I have gained my weight…I’m tired all the time…I can’t hold on to things the same way I use to…And I’m under additional stress that I am not accustom too…I’m tired y’all…And AAAAAAAAHHHHH….The pain is here and the pain is real. The attacks are real. The people around me are being used by the enemy. The enemy is even in me…Like a sleeper cell attacking at the most opportune moments…AAAAAAAAAHHHHH….Another contraction comes and I make it through that one but I don’t know if I’m going to make it through another. Oh no, I feel it, here it comes again…But this time there is a sweet soft voice there to help me through it. Finally, my midwife hears my cry and comes in to help guide me and coach me through this birthing process…I don’t know if you’ve found your midwife yet (or if your midwife has found you), but allow me to encourage you in the mean time in between time!…I understand it hurts, but I need you to take a deep breath and PUSH THROUGH THE PAIN…AND THEN…Continue pushing…Start that podcast (Table Talk is available now of Apple Podcast!)…Write that last chapter…Finish that last mile…Compose that next song…I am currently pushing through the pain until greatness is birthed… NOW…It’s your turn! And I don’t know if anyone has told you yet…But I saw you the other day and I wanted to tell you that YOU LOOK GOOD PREGNANT, but NOW IT’S TIME TO PUSH!!! There is greatness living within you. It is simply waiting for you to birth it…
“Blessed shall be the offspring of your body and the produce of your
ground and the
offspring of your beasts, the increase of your herd and the young of your flock.”
~Deuteronomy 28:4
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