Sunday was amazingly stressful. The getting ready, running from place to place and making sure that we had all are t's crossed and i's dotted. It was time for Emmalee's presentation before God, family, friends and the congregation (FdF). Having participated in many of these in the past I was caught off guard when asked to give a personal testimony as to our story and the miracles their of. Quickly, being a type a personality I went to the back and prepared a four point outline just to make sure I did not miss a step. Truth be told, once on stage God took control and allowed what needed to be spoken to flow off my lips and into the hearts of our congregation and invited guest. In my broken spanish, fluent spanglish and perfect english I spoke the words that God had placed in my heart. Humbly, I started by recognizing His Glory, Power and Might and acknowledging two of the greatest lessons/words I have learned in my walk with Him, MERCY & GRACE. God's is awesome. Watching the face and hearts of the audience moved by His presence and power through the midst of our process. I shared about the unexpected starting line of our marathon (at 24 weeks of pregnancy) and walked them through the tsunami of stress, fear, conflict and anxiety (1/3 of the way at 35/38 weeks of an emergency c-section) pushing us forward into what I pray would be our half way point (birth till today). This portion included all the good, the bad and the ugly of this season.
I then concluded with two mind blowing statements that were shared with us through a face book comment and the other that floored me by one of my mentor's. The first was a qoute that this individual had once heard and it states, "Special children are given to special poeple" and the second, was phrased as a question "Why not me?" both of this have caused an amazing amount ripples in our thoughts and feeling that I will attempt to share with you in the near future.
Thank you for your prayers, ears, hearts and lives.
The Contreras family (Daddy)
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