Dude. I got a Dell. And a heartbeat.

When I walked into my office after vacation, I noticed things were awry. The first clue was the big Dell box in my floor, then I noticed a new flat panel monitor. Then I noticed a new black Dell E310 Dimension on top of my old 'puter. Yippee! After 6 years, with a couple of updates, I finally got a new computer! Dangit! After 6 years, I had a TON of stuff on my old 'puter, including stuff I needed for Sunday. Oh well, easily remedied. Just time consuming. I rehooked my old puter up today and copied it all to the server, but I can't seem to get to the right drive from my new computer. I'll figure it out. Or I'll just make Phil do it.

We had the big "It's time to hear the heartbeat!" appointment for the bean yesterday. By all accounts of these pregnancy sites, the bean should be about 3.5 inches long by now. So not so much a bean anymore, but anyways. Dr. Roberts came in. Immediately, we liked her. She made some small talk, Kim asked her questions, and then out came the little fetal doppler thingy onto the belly. After a few moves around, Dr. Roberts says, "You've got quite a little mover! Listen to that good strong heartbeat!" And it was there. Ka-thump-a-thump-a-thump-a- thump. And I smiled.
And Kim smiled.
And Kim would laugh, and make the thing go, "WOOOOOOOO" and nearly deafen us.
And it was real.

Sunday we sang "The Heart of Worship" and it meant something to me like never before. When we first saw Butterbean, there was a little light flickering. That was the baby's heart. We were actually looking into our child's heart. In "The Heart of Worship," there's a line that goes, "You're looking into my heart."
That's what God does. He looks into our hearts. Physically, we were looking into Butterbean's heart, and marvelling. God looks into our hearts and knows what we feel. Our fears, our sins, our strengths, our passions.
This having a baby thing is very spiritual. I guess I wasn't as prepared for that as much as I thought I would be.
Praise God from whom all blessings flow!
Praise Him all creatures here below!
Praise Him above, ye heavenly host!
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost!
Amen.