Faint- refreshing.

Jeremiah 31:25
"I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint."

Song of Solomon 2:5
Strengthen me with raisins, refresh me with apples,

Do you ever get those days where 

you are absolutely shattered,

drained,

tired and weary?

I have had a couple,

the last few days.

Partly due to the fact that I am 5 months pregnant and

daily growing!

Sleep is limited,

breathing is sometimes difficult,

and just the extra weight and strain 

normal pregnancy brings.

However I knew it was deeper than that,

Somewhere in my depths,

I was crying out,

for a touch of God.

To bask in his peace,

his love,

his Joy.

Having the children home for six weeks,

a busy husband,

a new baby to prepare for..

I just felt out of energy.

I needed to get into the

secret place

and ask God to firstly,

forgive me for being away,

trying to do 'life' in my own strength.

Then to ask for a fresh touch from Him.

His refreshing!

I put on some worship music

Kari Jobe,

and closed my eyes and prayed.

I had a wonderful vision.

I was like a little girl,

in a busy crowd of people.

I was being overwhelmed by them.

I clung onto my comfort blanket and just opened my mouth.

I screamed out,

"JESUS!!"

At once, The crowds began to part,

forming an opening,

where I saw Jesus...

running!

He ran straight toward me,

cradled me in his arms like a baby,

and carried on running,

pushing through the crowds to a field beyond them.

He carried me to an apple tree,

My tree.

He lay me against the trunk and picked an apple,

saying to me,

"Eat and be refreshed!"

Then I saw a servant running toward us,

holding a golden dish,

containing water.

"Drink this" 

said Jesus.

I drank.

Sometimes we need to remind ourselves 

of his faithfulness to us.

His willingness to 

RUN

to our aid 

when we feel overwhelmed.

He is faithful to meet all our

needs,

and strengthen us!

I love Him. 

Wedding photography

This week I got a chance to be a wedding photographer.

I love photos,

but have never done something so big before..

I shared the responsibility with a friend,

and we positioned ourselves at varying angles though out the day.

The weather was glorious,

the sun shone,

people smiled,

it was a wonderful day!

Here are some of the photos.

Camping trip

A catch up of our holidays.

I am growing 

LARGE!

Here is my 21 wk photo.

Jessie captured me in my pajamas, 

a bit blurry but its hers ;0)

Anyhow, we decided to camping in Chichester

this year,

the sun was shining when we booked..

not so much when we arrived!

It didnt dampen our spirits though,

the girls still wanted to jump in the heated pool and have a swim.

They were toasty..

We sat and observed the madness,

from under our umbrella!

James face was for effect-but you get the picture!

We dried them off, got dressed and headed into town for some dinner.

It was lovely and warm in the resteraunt - outside the rains just 

just poured and poured!!

That night was a noisy night under canvas!

I hardly slept,

partly due to pregnancy related issues,

and the rain!

The next morning, I woke really early and Ellie to,

we shared a warm cuppa and breakfast as James and Jessie slept.

The next few days were drier and we explored a bit.

Catching up on lost sleep- look at Jessies face n the netting!

Afternoon naps..

The bump in all its red-ness!

Then off for a family swim..

and very very warm showers,

that were hard to leave!!

Morning breakfast..

Morning campers!

We spent the day visiting my great aunt,

the girls great- great aunt.

They thought she was great when she opened a bag of goodies

for them each!

We had lovely weather as we explored the park.

A steam train ride..

Feeding the swans.

Climbing trees..

park fun..

All of us had a lovely time,

despite the first crazy night we had in the storm!

Baby bump and I were exhausted after it all.

Mwah!

Baby news..

We had the second scan today,

This time we wanted to know the sex of the baby.

We will be adding to our 

'princesses!'

Its a 

GIRL!

We have a name we both like,

but just undecided on the second half.

Both our girls have 'double barrel' names.

(Two names as a first name)

Jessie-Jane

& Ellie-Faith,

So we will think more on that.

Usually when you lay your eyes on the little face, 

face to face,

you have a knowing.

Here she is,

also,

they think she may be a bit older than they first estimated,

which puts us closer to christmas than we thought!

God knows! :0)

Wedding fun!

This weekend we had a wonderful time at

the wedding of friends,

It was a beautiful day 

and 

shared by all of our church,

family and friends.

Here are some pics.

Me & the Husband!

Me and Hannah

A scottish dance!

The girls from church and the Bride and groom.