The Lord's Tender Mercies

As many of you know I am more than ready to have this baby. My body has felt so done and I have felt discouragement and frustration that he hasn't already come (especially when labor started and then stopped after a few hours last weekend). Remember this has been a bit of a tough pregnancy. Well, today I am so grateful that when our maintenance man came to change our filter he noticed the fire in our gas fireplace going and he observed that the logs were arranged incorrectly allowing the fire to burn up front instead of in the middle. Apparently this was releasing carbon monoxide into our apartment. He fixed the logs. It happens that the cradle was right next to the fireplace. Now I think I understand at least one reason why our baby hasn't made his debut yet. I am so grateful for the Lord's ways and for His tender mercies.