Think on Such Things

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Just a question that I had for all you people. Why is it that everyone is so excited to ask me the question, "So... have you had any weird cravings?" I think that it's so funny when someone asks me that. It's like they want me to say that I've been craving dog food, or some weird concoction. Maybe the next time someone says that to me, I'll tell them something completely outrageous. Maybe I'll say, "Yes! I've had this intense craving to just gnaw on a piece of cotton!" Do you think that will throw them off?

So, I finally sat down to scan in my ultrasound pics. Look closely and you can already see that Hannah has my cheeks. Dan is very excited that she inherited those from my Claus family. In this first picture, she has her mouth open. Do you see her creepy looking eye sockets? This second picture will hopefully be the one and only kind of this nature posted on the internet in Hannah's lifetime! Bet you can't tell from this picture that she's a girl. I can, but I'll just let you look for a really long and frustrating time. The picture below is one of my favorites because you can see a little bit of her profile and you can see her spine. That is just so great to me! This is our little girl in there... our own flesh and blood! This picture is upside down, so it looks like she is laying on her back with her head to the right of the picture. Well, that's my baby girl! She's been moving around a ton lately. I think that our hopes of having a docile child have been shot....

So, I haven't gotten around to putting up Hannah's ultrasound pics yet, but I do want to show off my adorable nephew. What a precious gift he has been to so many people. His story has literally reached around the world. It has been amazing to see what God has done! He is currently out of ICU and his parents are waiting to take him home when he starts to feed on his own. He really is a little miracle. I can't wait to see him soon!

I think that God has allowed me to see something great! I think that He's given me a blurry glimpse of what He has created me for! I only wish that my heart desired this truth more often. So, I was reading a friend's blog the other day and she said something that I just couldn't get out of my head. She said, "How can something be so worth it even when it means that it will NEVER be about you again?" It started to make me think...are all the best things not about me? I know that there are good things that are about me, but are they the best things? Do I only settle for what is good when I think about me? Do I sacrifice best for what is only good? I'm more and more convinced that good is the enemy of best, not worst! Anyway, I read her blog and then went for a walk around GCU's campus. That's when God gave me a moment of clarity. I walked around and just looked at everything. I started to look at the trees and how they swayed in the wind. I started to se...