{"id":3397,"date":"2019-03-01T20:33:43","date_gmt":"2019-03-02T01:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/?p=3397"},"modified":"2019-03-01T20:33:43","modified_gmt":"2019-03-02T01:33:43","slug":"todays-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/todays-prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"Today&#8217;s Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s almost time. \u00a0I can feel it physically and in the restlessness.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to a few sweet friends who have spoken powerful words of blessing over me I&#8217;ve been trying to visualize what I would love for labor to be like and to pray for them to come to pass.<\/p>\n<p>I long for<\/p>\n<p>strength<\/p>\n<p>peace<\/p>\n<p>worship<\/p>\n<p>a profound sense of God&#8217;s presence<\/p>\n<p>along with the typical minute by minute prayers for God to keep baby and I safe.<\/p>\n<p>You would think that by the fifth time this would all come so naturally; but it doesn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m also trying to remember everything my childbirth instructor said almost fifteen years ago.<\/p>\n<p>What do you do to prepare yourself for labor? \u00a0Any favorite tips for before or during?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/thirty-eight-weeks-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3389\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/thirty-eight-weeks-1-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/thirty-eight-weeks-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/thirty-eight-weeks-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/thirty-eight-weeks-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/thirty-eight-weeks-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/thirty-eight-weeks-1-330x330.jpg 330w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When I was thinking about the words I wanted to identify labor the other day, God gave me this verse. \u00a0I&#8217;ve been repeating it to myself almost hourly ever since.<\/p>\n<p><em>She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come. 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