Counting Every Blessing

The devil was trying to destroy our hope today.  We encountered 3 major accidents and one stalled car all blocking at least one lane of traffic on our way to the clinic.  Well, it's not going to work, devil!  We will not be deterred.  We have God on our side, so bugger off!

UPDATE:  Today was our first ultrasound.  The baby was just a little peanut-shaped white blob on the screen, but you could see its little heart going like mad, just a flickering of black and white.  The nurse took some measurements and said the baby is around the size of our pinky finger right now.  It's just this tiny little thing, but it's alive!  God's making it, forming it, putting all its unique little feature together into a beautiful configuration.  And it's our little miracle to love!

The coolest part was when the nurse turned on the sound, and we could actually hear its little heartbeat.  It was beating so fast.  I was so excited that it was probably going as fast as mine!  My wife lost it when the sound came over the speakers.  All of her pent-up emotions and anxieties came flooding out, and the tears streamed down her face, turning it black with smudged mascara.  It seemed so surreal until that moment.  Like it wasn't really a living thing in your mind until that little thumping changed it.

The song "Counting Every Blessing" by Rend Collective perfectly summarizes how we feel:

"I was blind, now I'm seeing in color
I was dead, now I'm living forever
I had failed, but you were my redeemer
I've been blessed beyond all measure

I was lost, now I'm found by the father
I've been changed from a ruin to treasure
I've been given a hope and a future
I've been blessed beyond all measure

I am counting every blessing, counting every blessing
Letting go and trusting when I cannot see
I am counting every blessing, counting every blessing
Surely every season you are good to me

You were there in the valley of shadows
You were there in the depth of my sorrows
You're my strength, my hope for tomorrow
I've been blessed beyond all measure

I am counting every blessing, counting every blessing
Letting go and trusting when I cannot see
I am counting every blessing, counting every blessing
Surely every season you are good to me

Surely your goodness pursues me
Surely your heart is still for me
I will remember your mercies all my days
Through every storm and gale

I am counting every blessing, counting every blessing
Letting go and trusting when I cannot see
I am counting every blessing, counting every blessing
Surely every season you are good to me"