As ready as we are going to be

Well, just under 24 hours from now we head to the hospital for the arrival of our third child (He is what makes this 5brown and not 4brown). People keep asking if we are ready and I think we are finally at a point where we can say we are as ready as we are going to be. The house has been cleaned top to bottom, the nursery is all set and the bassinet is in our room. Grandma is in town and having a blast with the girls who are also very excited to bring home their little brother.
Now, are we ready to be a family of 5- as a friend put it, move from man on man to zone defense? We will have our hands full and in our own strength we would not be able to survive a week, but the Lord will provide the strength we need. I just went to look up Isaiah 40 and ran into these amazing verses that I just have to share now.

The LORD is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation; this is my God, and I will praise him, my father's God, and I will exalt him.Exodus 15:2

Both riches and honor come from you, and you rule over all. In your hand are power and might, and in your hand it is to make great and to give strength to all. 1Chronicals 29:12

The LORD is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him. Psalm 28:7

Awesome is God from his sanctuary; the God of Israel--he is the one who gives power and strength to his people. Blessed be God! Psalm 68:35

The LORD is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation. Psalm 118:14

"Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation."
Isaiah 12:2

He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. Isaiah 40:29

but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint. Isaiah 40:31

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. Ephesians 6:10

And in case you are still reading, this is one of my favorite prayers in the whole Bible an I pray it for you all, and ask for your prayers over Missy and the baby during the delivery and recovery.

Ephesians 3:14-21 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith--that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.