We had her name, Destiny, picked out before Marco and I were married. That's how much we knew one day we'd have children. Two years after being married in 2008 I was diagnosed with PCOS (poly-cystic ovarian syndrome- which I still don't believe I have but that's a different story.) My hormones were very imbalanced & my cycles were very irregular. For many years I thought something was wrong with me and wondered what had I done to not be able to have children until one day I heard the Holy Spirit whisper to my heart, "I open and close wombs as I please. Was there something wrong with Sarah? Rachel? Hannah? Trust me, I am in control." That gave me so much peace. Over the next 5 years I had many trips to doctors offices and many prayers were prayed for healing in my body. Numerous doctors told me that it would be super hard, maybe even impossible to get pregnant because of the PCOS and my imbalanced hormones but I didn’t even give that a second thought. I knew one day I would have children when the Lord wanted me to. I started working with a natural health doctor. She also diagnosed my thyroid problems and I became gluten free.
While walking through this process, I started to write a lot of songs. Two in particular were “LOL” and “Turn it Around.” These songs became anthems for me as I was believing for healing. We even shot a music video showcasing health care issues believing for a healing in “LOL.” Ask me for more info about that story later :) Anyways, these songs really helped me live in faith while believing for a miracle. For years I was working with this doctor trying to get all my hormones balanced so I would have regular cycles so one day I could have babies. I had numerous testings done for years.
In early 2013, I had a doctors appointment to review some lab work because I had been feeling weird for a couple of weeks. I came in for my results on a Thursday. The doctor told me that she did not know what was wrong with me and that my lab results had gone crazy. She said she couldn’t help me anymore and that I needed to see a specialist because from these lab results she didn’t think I would ever be able to have children. BUT I knew something was different! Something was going on in my body. So that Sunday I decided to buy a pregnancy test. I knew coming home from the store that day I was pregnant. I did not care what the doctors said. I did not care what my test results said. I knew that God had touched my body and that He had healed me! My faith was not in doctors or what they said but in my miraculous, healing Jesus! After 5 long years of praying and believing for God to supernaturally touch and heal my body, I took 2 pregnancy tests and they were both instantly positive! It was after 8 years of marriage. I was in such shock that I needed to see the word “Pregnant” on the test so I went and bought 2 more tests!!! And all 3 tests were positive! It was crazy because we weren’t not trying to get pregnant. We were trusting that in the right timing the Lord would give us children, and honey that surprise was the right time! The first appointment I had at the doctor’s office they estimated me being 8 weeks pregnant but when I followed up that next week with my OBGYN I was 15 weeks pregnant!!!! God is so good! He gave us our little Destiny Renee that year October 22, 2013.
A couple of other Testimonies:
1) A couple of weeks before I had the baby, I was getting scared of labor and God gave me a prophetic dream of Destiny- what she was going to look like, her smile, her sweet personality. I remember waking up from that dream so happy. She looked exactly like my dream.
2) I was 4 months pregnant while recording the "LOL Remix" crying in the booth because of the faithfulness of God and coming full circle. I was recording a song that was a fulfillment of what I had wrote as a declaration of faith. God had totally remixed my life!
3) One year to the day of recording "The Perfect Gift" on October 22, 2012 I had Destiny October 22, 2013. God truly gave me "The Perfect Gift."
I want to encourage you. God knows your story. He knows what you're going through. He has a plan and He is good, faithful and trustworthy. What He did for me, He can do for you!
Let me pray for you:
Jesus, I thank you for all my brothers and sisters reading this. You know what they are going through. You know their situations and circumstances in every season of life and from every walk of life. I declare healing over their bodies for every disease no matter what it may be in the name of Jesus as the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy! I thank you that "He who promised is faithful" and you will complete EVERY promise you have made to your people NO MATTER the promise, NO MATTER how big or how small. By your stripes twe are healed and I thank you for touching them now. I also thank you for being our joy and strength. We declare your faithfulness over our lives. We love you Jesus and thank you for working in every life right now. In Jesus name, Amen.
I love you all so much my friends!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Xoxo, Natalie
Here is the video for "LOL"
