Guess what your Red Envelope Did....

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=94142

Thanks Shawnda for posting it and big thanks to Kelly for letting me know about it in the first place:)

40 Days for Life

Sunday concluded the spring 40 Days for life campaign.  Guess what, so far there were 421 babies saved!!!!!  421!! Hooray!!!  AND 41 of those were from Charlotte:))  Go God!!

Keep praying friends!  The fall campaign starts in September and it's getting bigger and bigger each time.  And planned parenthood (the largest abortion chain in America) hates us more and more!  That's a good thing.  God hears our prayers.

Chris Tomlin

  Last Thursday was one of those days that I looked forward to for a long time, for more than a year actually.  We got to go to another Chris Tomlin concert!  I had been looking forward to it since November of 2007, when we went to the last Tomlin concert.  There's just nothing like it friends.  Worshipping God all night, praising His holy name with tons of other believers.  Sheer joy!

  For this concert, I got a special offer in the CD case when Tomlin's Hello Love CD came out last fall.  There was this code in it that you could use to go online and order your tickets.  Like super early-7 months in advance.  You didn't know where your seats would be, but they ensured you they would be good ones.  So I did it!  I would never do this for anything else, too much of a risk, but hey, for Chris, I'm in!  So to my delight, my tickets came in the mail in December and what do you know...front row baby!!  I couldn't believe it!  They definitely delivered on their promise!

  Israel Houghton and New Breed opened the concert for Tomlin.  Jeremy really enjoyed them.  Lisa and I were too busy wondering how long it would be till Chris came out:)  After about 45 mins and a 20 min intermission, he finally got the show on the road.  We heard all the awesome songs we were hoping for and then some.  Amazing Grace, my chains are gone, Jesus Messiah, I will rise, your grace is enough, how great is our God...

The one that really spoke to me this time was 

  Here are the lyrics:

         God Of This City lyrics

Verse1
You’re the God of this City
You’re the King of these people
You’re the Lord of this nation
You are

Verse2
You’re the Light in this darkness
You’re the Hope to the hopeless
You’re the Peace to the restless
You are

There is no one like our God
There is no one like our God

Chorus
For greater things have yet to come
And greater things are still to be done in this City
Greater thing have yet to come
And greater things are still to be done in this City

Verse1

Verse2

There is no one like our God
There is no one like our God

Chorus

For greater things have yet to come
And greater things are still to be done in this City
Greater things have yet to come
And greater things are still to be done here

There is no one like our god
There is no one like our God

Chorus

Greater things have yet to come
And greater things are still to be done in this City
Greater things have yet to come

And greater things are still to be done here     

Amen!!  It was a sweet reminder from the Lord that He is totally in control of what is going on around us.  He cares for us and greater things have yet to come!  He is Lord of us!

Chris spoke about a project they are doing called One Million Can   They are reaching out to minister to those in need all across the world through this project, knowing that one million people, pulling together can help make a difference.   There are several projects within this large one.  Building houses for rescued child soldiers, building villages for refugees, building a life and a future for rescued sex slaves, and providing life saving surgeries for children.  These are just a few of them.  Go check it out and see how God can use you and your family.

ps.  I don't have any pictures cause I was too lazy to lug my camera to the concert.

Gracie Girl

Got glasses.

When she went for her five year check-up in December, she couldn't pass the vision test.  So they sent us to a pediatric opthamologist but she's been on maternity leave until last week.  On Friday I took Gracie in and sure enough, the girl can't see!  She is nearsighted and has an astigmatism.  I knew it was coming but I didn't think it would be this soon.  I was almost legally blind before having laser surgery and well, you know Jeremy's history.  So all of our girls are doomed.

I took her on Sunday to pick out her glasses and these are the ones she liked.  She didn't like any other pair.  A girl who knows what she wants:)

She was very excited about them for the first two days.  She even asked me if she needed to take them off to get in the shower!  Then yesterday, they were no longer cool and she told me she looked silly in them.  Daddy helped work that through, and we are wearing our glasses again:)

21 weeks!

 So here we are, over half way there to meeting Baby G #3!  I can't believe it's going by so very fast.

 Baby is doing well and moving a lot now.  I love that feeling.  Sometimes it makes me jump cause I forget she's in there:)  

  I am doing really well!  Praise God and thank you friends so very much for each and every prayer on my behalf!!  I haven't had a migraine in about three weeks!!!!!!  And the last one only lasted for four hours!!  Can you believe that???  Our God is so very kind.

So I have been thinking a lot about what it means to have another girl....

  1.  Tons more sisterly lovin and bonding (my very fav reason this is our third girl)

  2.  Like mother, like daughter (I am one of three girls, this saying makes me chuckle)

  3. More of the same, which is A-okay with me

  4. I don't have to think up a new blog title

  5.  I don't have to paint anything

  6. Even though everyone tells me girls are harder, I really love it this way.  I feel a calling to                 raise them. I've never felt that way about boys.

  7.  God knows what He is doing.  He is giving us the perfect child for our family.

  There is progress being made on the name front.  I have several that I really like and Jeremy does too.  But we still have to have a few pow-wows about it.  The middle name is mostly chosen, which makes some of the first names I really like null and void.  But the name I am most rooting for-love the meaning of it!!  So we will see, there will probably be a poll coming soon.  

  As you can tell, we aren't discussing the names we like yet.  It's just really not fun when people wrinkle their noses up at your choices.  Plus, we want this to be from the Lord.  So I am researching names and trusting God to reveal the right one.  I think He already has....but J has to agree:)

What's the Recession For?

I was talking to my friend Shawnda yesterday at church about all that is going on in our life, etc... and she pointed me to this message by John Piper on the recession.  I highly recommend you read it (you can read the whole sermon on the website), listen to it, or watch it.  This link should work, hopefully.  The link is from the Desiring God website.

http://www.desiringgod.org/ResourceLibrary/Sermons/ByDate/2009/3566_What_Is_the_Recession_For/

Here are the points of the message:

(Some of) God’s Purposes in This Recession

Now what are some of God’s purposes in this recession? I will mention five:

1. He intends for this recession to expose hidden sin and so bring us to repentance and cleansing.
2. He intends to wake us up to the constant and desperate condition of the developing world where there is always and only recession of the worst kind.
3. He intends to relocate the roots of our joy in his grace rather than in our goods, in his mercy rather than our money, in his worth rather than our wealth.
4. He intends to advance his saving mission in the world—the spread of the gospel and the growth of his church—precisely at a time when human resources are least able to support it. This is how he guards his glory.
5. He intends for the church to care for its hurting members and to grow in the gift of love.

My heart is definitely stirred now to live this recession for God's glory and to experience His grace.  I look forward to what He is going to do in and through me, my family, and my church to serve those around us and throughout the world.

If you listen to it, let me know what you think.  Enjoy!

Baby Girl #3

Here are the pictures of our sweet little baby girl.  

Head, tummy, hands and upper legs

Definitely a girl.  See the three lines?  Classic.
Yes, I know she looks like an alien.  But still totally amazing.

Oops! Posted the girl parts pic twice.  Just in case you still weren't convinced....
Here we are at the ultrasound
Nanny, Gamma and the girls waiting to go in for the US

  Thank you for all of your congrats and sweet comments.  We did have a fun day.  And there's never a dull moment with my family!  We have a good time when we are together:)

On to the questions:  What do the girls think?  Well, they haven't really said much.  They seem totally fine with it and are calling her a girl exclusively now.  They haven't asked one thing about a boy since we told them.  I didn't get to see their reaction when they first found out.

What does Jeremy think?  He said he might have to work more:)  Poor guy, all that estrogen in one house.  But he said all along that he would be totally happy with another girl.  God designed him to raise girls.  He is soooooo good at it.  Seriously.

What do I think?  I was prepared for another girl.  I assumed it would be.  But I have to admit, I didn't have a feeling either way.  So I did let my mind wander to what it would be like to have a boy.  I felt for sure Gracie and Piper were girls during my pregnancy.  This one was just different.  But I know better than to think that just because it's different, it's going to be the other sex.  I am really happy with another girl.  I feel like that is perfect for me.  I honestly can't imagine having boys.  I love all the ones around me and they feel like they are my sons:)  And someone has to make wives for them!  So, I'm just doing my part.  There's just something about "the gibson girls" that has a ring to it.  It's just the way it should be.

  

  So on we march as a family with three precious little girls given by our Lord to raise for his glory.  What a privilege.

  Yes we are discussing names and probably won't be ready to share them for a little bit.  We actually agree this time!  So that's nice:)  But we like several and want to honor at least one special someone.  So more on that later.