Today I am 8 weeks!

So I have not updated in awhile!

Honestly things have just been crazy

in our lives!

Our computor died.

We ended up going home

to NY early for

a surprise visit.

We bought another computor.

I am officially today

eight weeks pregnant.

Pregnancy.

Something I longed for my entire life!

This picture was taken this past week.

Since I am eight weeks

my lil peanut is

now the size of a

kidney bean.

(Source)

According to Babycenter

my baby is the size of a kidney bean

and is already constantly

moving and shifting

even though I can't feel it yet!

How awesome is that!

To think I have a lil human being

in my belly is just amazing!

And yes, the belly is growing!

So other things of pregnancy?

I have to use the bathroom all the time!

Nausea has come unless I am eating pretty

much all the time.

My hair is growing like crazy!

My belly is round

and feels like a rubber ball.

I am super hormanal and emotional

(working on that one though)

and am exhausted!!!

But so thankful!

That God has given my both

desires of my heart!

An amazing husband

and a lil one of our own :)

A Guest Post on Contentment

One of my best friends wrote this and shared it on facebook. It really struck a chord in me and so I asked her if she would not mind me sharing it with you all on here. I am praying you are blessed by it as I was:

"But godliness with contentment is great gain." 1 Timothy 6:6

How many times have I heard it said: "God will not give you what you want until you are contented where you are." I've even given that advice on several occasions. But today, I had an amazing revelation about true contentment...at least it was for me. It was a simple thought that the Lord brought to mind that changed my perspective on this little nugget of advice that gets thrown around Christian circles so easily.

You see, I have heard people say this to people who are not where they want to be in life over and over again. It's just the right thing to say. Your friend comes to you and says that she's tired of being single and she wants to be in a relationship. "God won't give you what you want until you're content with where you are." A young wife wants to know why all her friends are having kids and she's not pregnant yet. "God won't give you what you want until you're contented with where you are." It's the answer to all our problems with our present and our future...we're just not content enough to make it to the next step.

Now don't get me wrong, we are supposed to be content with where the Lord has us in life. The Bible is very clear that contentment is a crucial part of the joy that can be found in the Christian walk. The problem I had was the reason behind being content.

I was sitting on the floor in my living room, thinking about how I wish some things in my life were going a little more according to the plan I had in my head. I was starting to feel a little discouraged when I grabbed a hold of my favorite response for times like this: "God won't give you what you want until you're contented with where you are." "That's just it," I thought. "A little bit more contentment and my life will get back on track." And right then, God broke into my little conversation I was having with myself and said something to the effect of... "Do you really think My relationship with you is that superficial? Do you really think that I'm sitting here waiting for you to look like a contented Christian... to tell all your friends that you're happy where you are, and you hope nothing ever changes? Do you really see this relationship as a game of 'How happy does she look where I put her?' Is that what you think contentment is?"
And that's when I realized that I had been looking at contentment all wrong. All this time, I had seen contentment as a means to an end, as a way to get where I thought I should be. Contentment wasn't a life attitude. It was an appearance I had to keep up to show God I was ready for my next life step. I mean, it's not like I was consciously thinking that I would fool God into my way of looking at life. I was just doing it because that was what contentment was. That was how it was supposed to be used. But what I didn't get was, contentment is not a tool. It's not the way to get to where I want to be. Contentment is a lifestyle. It's satisfaction with God's plan whether He gives you what you want or not. So I'm not working to fill up my contentment quota for the day. I'm praising God that I have this wonderful life that I have to serve Him with! It's not "Contentment now, results later." It's just contentment. Joy over the fact that Father loves me enough to give me what I have...no strings attached.

So maybe this isn't news to any of you. Maybe I'm the only one just now getting this. And if this lesson was just for me, then I'm very thankful for it! But I thought I'd share what God showed me, in case anyone else could get anything from it. Christians are a family that are meant to build each other up, so hopefully this was an encouragment to somebody.

In Christ,
Elisha Chase

Our SECOND Lil Miracle

Due:

April 5, 2012 :)

What a miracle this little one is!

So excited to see what

the Lord does in and through this

pregnancy!!! :)

Full story to come :)

The spirit of fear becomes faith!

These past few weeks

have been quite the journey.

Never have I battled

so much spiritually.

Never have I known

 the Lord to be

so mighty!

He is so good!

Here is something 

I wanted to share 

with you all.

It is a verse that

the Lord gave me 

many months ago when

I was really

struggling with fear

and then just has

been impressing on me

over the past few weeks

and I just feel led

to share it with

all of you

as well as what I had

journaled about it:

"Because He is at my

right hand

I SHALL NOT BE MOVED.

Therefore, my heart is

glad, and my glory

rejoices;

MY FLESH WILL ALSO
REST IN HOPE."

-Psalm 16:7-9

I love how it talks about the fact that 

He is at my right hand.

Right next to me!

With HIM beside me it says,

not that I possibly will not be moved,

but I SHALL NOT be moved.

Even when my world seems to be

falling apart,

I CAN HAVE CONFIDENCE

that He is with me and I can REJOICE in that!

I can also rest in the HOPE that knowing He is with me

will get me through these battles and spiritual attacks.

He can help me OVERCOME MY FEARS

about my future.

My HOPE for my future is 

FOUND IN MY SAVIOR.

My flesh (I will

insert FEARS about facing the future

and being here in Summerfield

and my marriage

and about wanting a baby

and not sure if I will ever get pregnant again)

WILL REST IN HOPE!!!
I had not realized
that I had been allowing
the enemy access
to me
in different ways
but the biggest one was
through the spirit of fear.
I have always struggled with
fear and worrying but
the past few weeks 
I felt as though
I was being bombarded
constantly with lies
and instead of 
casting out every imagination
and filling my mind
with the Word of God-
I listened to those lies
and it started to effect 
every area of my life.
This past week a 
dear friend came over
and brought to our
attention that, while
spirits can never possess
a child of the 
Most High God, 
they can taunt them
and if we allow ourselves to listen to them 
we can get to the point
where we are so focused 
on ourselves and our problems
that we are not focused
on our Savior any
longer and suddenly
we can not do 
what HE wants us to do.
So we cast out the spirit 
of fear and I really started
claiming promises
from scripture and saying 
truth out loud. 
This past week
we also had some major spiritual
battles and it was so awesome
to see God work!
This area that we are living
in is so full of spiritual 
darkness but our 
GOD IS BIGGER
THAN THAT DARKNESS
and so we have started 
praying over and re-claiming
this ground for our Lord
and Savior Jesus Christ.
Think that praying for
and entire community to be saved
is too big a thing
for God to do?
After the amazing ways I 
have seen God work this week
I truly do not believe that at all!
I believe
that God is going to 
do some great things!
Things beyond what we could
ever think or imagine!
I believe that we
as believers need to 
rise up 
and realize that there
is a battle out there
to be fought 
BUT
oh the glorious truth-
through Jesus Christ
the battle is already won!!!
What a glorious truth
but how often do we
live in that truth?!
I want to start
living and believing
for my Lord and Savior
to do amazing things
things beyond what I ever thought
He would/could.
I have been limiting God!
I am so ashamed to say it
but for months I have been living 
in fear and instead
of running and taking refuge
in my Savior KNOWING He 
would take care of me-
I have been listening to the enemies
lies and trying to fix things on my own.
How foolish!
But oh we serve
a merciful heavenly Father!
I truly feel as though
this week has been a new 
beginning in so many ways
and OH I CAN NOT WAIT
to see what happens next!!!