Memorial box Monday...

I am so glad that Linny is bring back her Memorial Box Monday blog hop... It is so good to be reminded of God's faithfulness...  Now I really need to find a little box around our house to start to collect some small things to remind myself of the ways God has remained faithful in our lives...

This story isn't at all new to those of you who frequent my blog... but it will be a little recap for anyone new:)

I think the most obvious sign of God's faithfulness these days is our Levi... I think I need to look for a snowflake ornament to add to my box... he is our snowflake baby...

After 2 1/2 years of trying to get pregnant.... In February of 2008 the Lord blessed us with the pregnancy of our sweet Samuel... We were beyond overjoyed as we wondered if we would ever have anymore biological children .  (The Lord was already stirring in our hearts a desire to adopt:)  When he was born still at the end of October, we were devastated.  As much as we never lost faith in our God, (Greg of course was rock steady the WHOLE time) I had some wrestling in store with God.  It was sort of like I had to wrestle out the questions and how it all worked into my faith... I knew I still believed 100% in the saving power of my God... but I was hurting so badly and complete despair pretty much summed up where my heart was at... I was heartbroken over losing a life I had planned with Samuel here on earth.  I am thankful for the healing power of our God that He brings in His time...

In November 2009, in an absolutely amazing miraculous way, the Lord saw fit to allow me to come across a sweet gal who had been widowed just 5 months before Samuel died.  She had 2 young children that she and her husband had conceived through IVF...  We found each other on the blog of a mutual friend.  Here she was valuing the lives of the 7 frozen babies that she still had from their IVF treatments.  She was wanting to find a loving Christian family for them.  She wanted to give them a chance at life...

Never in a million years would I have ever thought that this was how the Lord would work... He allowed us to adopt those 7 sweet babies in June of 2010... I conceived our precious Levi in July of 2010 through the process of a Frozen Embryo Transfer, we finalized our adoption of Hope in August of 2010 and praise God, Levi was born safely in March of 2011...

The Lord has tied our families, ours and  the donor mom's together in such a unique and precious way.  We all value life that God creates from the moment it is conceived... He took Levi who was frozen for five years and breathed the breath of life right back into him. It amazes me to this day!!!  That is a miracle!!!  He has taken such hurt and pain in all of our lives and worked Levi's precious life into the whole equation to show us how much He loves us. 

I just never imagined that the Lord would build our family in the way he has.  When I see Levi... every single time... I am reminded of our good and gracious God who can even work through blogs to make miracles happen.  Levi is a display of our great God's power, creativity, and splendor.  The joy and happiness he adds to this family is like a healing salve to our hearts.  He is pretty dog gone adorable too:)