Team Tuohy

Nugget, 
This week is week 16 & 17. Mommy had one of her largest events at work and things got a bit behind. You have been a joy and we got to learn about you all day in a class called transparent and then you got to see your sweet friend Jude that night and loved your cuddle time with him! You are starting to show like crazy sweet pea,and it is a pure joy being your mommy & daddy. 

{WEEK 16}
Your Size:An Avacado (4 1/2 inches).
Your Wight:3 1/2 ounces. 
Scripture from Daddy:Psalms 32:8 "I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and watch over you."
Your Movements:We have had about 1 flutter a day!!! It is SO precious! 
Mommy's Cravings:Slurpees (shocker! more sweets!) 
Mommy's Aversions:Chicken!  
Best Moment:Feeling you move in there =) 
Mommy Misses:Absolutely nothing! I am loving pregnancy right now, minus this bump I would never know!
Daddy Misses:Nothing =)... He is sweet.
Mommy & Daddy Cant Wait:For Transparent this week! 

{WEEK 17}
Your Size:An Turnip (5 inches).
Your Wight:5 ounces. 
Scripture from Daddy:Psalm 78:4-7 "We will not hide them from their descendants; we will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord, his power, and the wonders he has done. He decreed statutes for Jacob and established the law
⁵ in Israel,which he commanded our ancestors to teach their children, so the next generation would know them, even the children yet to be born, and they in turn would tell their children. Then they would put their trust in God and would not forget his deeds but would keep his commands." 
^6 7Your Movements:You gave us a ton of movements but have been quiet the last few days, I think you are preparing for craziness of kicks soon!
Mommy's Cravings:Chocolate :) We made brownies at 10pm one night! Eeek!  
Mommy's Aversions:Tried chicken because it sounded good, did NOT go down good ... bummer. Bananas.  
Best Moment: Being in the transparent class at Watermark. It was such a fun learning process of us! 
Worst Moment:Sick morning this week =(
Mommy Misses:Being able to wear my jeans, guess it is time for some maternity ones! 
Daddy Misses:Golf. 
Mommy Cant Wait:To feel a strong kick! 
Daddy Cant Wait:To feel you move! 
Other News:You are your father's child... at transparent this last week dad handed me a banana, a green one even, which I normally LOVE. We don't really have them in the house a lot because daddy HATES them!!! Well, it was awful, I gagged the whole time and now can't stand them... oh sweet baby of mine the things you take after him in already!!! No wonder I am also craving chocolate ;)

Lord, please be with baby this week as he/she continues to grow. Thank you for providing strength over these past two weeks as we have been busy at work and continuing to re-do the house. You have provided in incredible ways Lord and we are just so thankful for that. May we continue to submit to you each day and moment and remind ourselves without you we can do nothing (John 15:5). 


xoxo  

One of the wonderful ladies in my community group, Kristin, found this devotional called Jesus Calling and after a few she sent out for all of us to read I fell in love with it, it was the only devotional I had come across that spoke "directly to me." It made me feel as if I was truly with God hearing Him talk to my heart, in a way that is similar to reading through the scripture and stumbling across that passage that was clearly put in your path for that day. Yummy goodness.

So on a search for the book I went and ended up coming across the Jesus Calling App and thought it was a brilliant idea to have it so downloaded it to my nifty iPhone and am encouraged by the ability to have it at instant access. There is definitely something about opening a book in the morning sipping a cup of coffee (especially when God's Words are in it) but unfortunately I am of the generation that likes immediate satisfaction (working on this!) and this app does just that- I can share it at any point in the day or re-read myself! All about this!

Today's devotional was so sweet to my soul. More than that though I loved getting to exchange the simple text with Kristin about how good it was- giving me another opportunity to watch the Lord speak into our lives and friendship. Part of living in community is getting to "do life together." It was so small but awesome this morning to watch this devotional strike me and then hear from Kristin that she as well loved it. It lets us encourage each other and share in the same truth. I love this kind of stuff. 

I then sent it off to a sweet friend and my hubby and decided that it was one of those that everyone should get to soak in. So.... here it is, in all its goodness- hope you enjoy:

KEEP WALKING with Me along the path I have chosen for you. Your desire to live close to Me is a delight to My heart. I could instantly grant you the spiritual riches you desire, but that is not My way for you. Together we will forge a pathway up the high mountain. The journey is arduous at times and you are weak. Someday you will dance light footed on the high peaks; but for now, you walk is often plodding and heavy. All I require of you is to take the next step, clinging to My hand for strength and direction. Though the path is difficult and the scenery dull at the moment, there are sparkling surprises just around the bend. Stay on the path I have selected for you. It is truly the path of Life.

If the LORD delights in a man's way, he makes his steps firm; though he stumble, he will not fall, for the LORD upholds him with his hand. - Psalm 37:23-24

You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; At your right hand are pleasures forevermore. - Psalm 16:11 (NKJV)

Seriously now... what an awesome God. It gives me chills to know we can actually delight Him, it gives me strength to know He selected this path, for as much as I may not understand or always think it is great, He selected it which means there is a divine purpose behind it, Glory will surly come. It gives me hope for the days I will dance on the peaks, and more than anything I tear up at the thought that He, an almighty God, will forge a path TOGETHER with me, Erin Tuohy, with all my sinful ways. Simply love. I am encouraged to cling to Him for that is all He requires and to see those sparkling surprises that are yet to come. How great is our God.


xoxo

Lately our world has relied on soaking in scripture and leaning on God to answer our questions (as it should always be). We have such a blessed life, but it is not without trials. If our life is easy peasy I would seriously question whose hands we were in =). This is not to say our lives should not be full of goodness and joy, I am just a firm believer as children of Christ living for Him that if we are not doing something to make the enemy tick, we are probably also not doing something that brings glory to our heavenly father. Think about it...

So today, we wanted to share some of the sweet promises that we are holding on to for they alone are truth. It is funny how I have struggled my entire life since becoming a believer to memorize verses, until now. When you need those sweet promises, and turn to those sweet promises daily- they penetrate your heart and are engraved there forever:

"The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still" Exodus 14:14

"The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing" Psalm 34:10

"Be still and know that I am God." Psalm 46:10

"Look at the nations and watch- and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told." Habakkuk 1:5

"Trust in the LORD with all of your heart and lean not on your own understanding, in all of your ways follow Him and he will make your paths straight." Proverbs 3:5-6

"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me" Philippians 4:13

What sweet sweet promises are these. Man, Exodus 14:14 "The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still" how truly beautiful is that. Right now as Team Tuohy battles through some heavy stuff from my childhood this is huge for us. So often I find myself wanting to go to battle for my heart and my feelings, for what happened but I do not need to. As long as I am living with Christ, He will go to battle for me, I need only to trust Him in that and let Him do His works. For as it is promised in Habkkuk  His works are far better than anything I could believe, even if I were told. This sweet promise I am soaking in daily. I know the Lord has a plan for my life, my life verse since I was saved was Proverbs 3:5 which tells me this. However, I have still always wanted to push forward and plan our life; deciding where to go and what to do trying to sprint this race He designed to be a marathon. I can say with full confidence He is preparing us for something with all we are going through right now, I don't know what and so we wait with an open heart for whatever He is doing here, we only want His will to be done and are guarded of making it something of our own. As I told my sweet girlfriends the other day, I welcome that plan with giant open arms and so therefore I welcome all this yuck that it takes to get us there because I believe our God is good and I know He will do things with our life that are far greater than we can even begin to fathom. How he loves us....Until then we continue to hang onto these sweet sweet sweet promises full of love in hopes that we are constantly being changed to be more like Him along the way.

Have a blessed day sweet friends!

xoxo