He will love you, bless you, and multiply you. He will also bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground, your grain and your wine and your oil, the increase of your herds and the young of your flock, in the land that he swore to your fathers to give you.
As I write this journal entry, my baby daughter is on her way to the hospital, 27 weeks pregnant with triplet boys. That, of course, is way to early. To make matters worse, we took, what was supposed be, our last trip to Florida. We are 1,600 miles from home. But, our God is not sleeping or on vacation. This was not a surprise to Him. It is interesting that the above verse was in my designed reading for today. More than likely, on any other day, I would not even have noticed this verse. But, obviously, it is there, jumping boldly off the page to me this morning. I set my Bible reading program on January 1st of each year. I audible make a commitment to God to be in that passage of Scripture on the day that is designed for that passage. So, on January 1, 2021, I told God I would be in this section of Deuteronomy, on this specific day. I told Him that if He needed to say anything to me on a specific date, this is where I would be. I had no idea, at the time, that my daughter would be pregnant. I had no idea it would be triplets. I had no idea that it would be triplet boys. I had no idea I would be in Florida while she was in Michigan. But, God did. He also knew I would need to be strengthened and would need to be encouraged through His Word. I realize that the above promise was written to the nation of Israel. This promise is NOT written for our family. But, it is there to show me that God is in control and that it is God who makes the barren woman pregnant and it is God who controls the birth of babies. That, this morning, was all the encouragement I needed. I have no idea what the day will unfold. But for this journal entry, I have been encouraged by the power of an omnipotent God who controls the birth of mankind and even knows what Bible verse I need to encourage me, months ahead of time. We trust in His marvelous grace and powerful knowledge, control and blessings.
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