sometimes...
I take the Word of God literally
I love the suggestion when it says in Psalms 139
that when God knit you in total seclusion...in those very private moments..it was just you and Him
and you had a few days or weeks before anyone even had an inkling that you existed...
and it was during this time
He was counting the numbers of hair on your head and writing down the days of your life in His book and was taking note of all the things you were going to think do and say
before you thought did and said them
WOW
WOW!WOW!
and what about in Hebrews 12 where it says you are cheered on by a huge cloud of witnesses
I like to imagine all those loved ones in heaven who already saw you before we did
having a chat...knowing the exact moment of your birth is about to be here
and they are chuckling, looking down below and maybe even saying
PUSH MOM PUSH
but that book also illustrates that in that cloud are men of faith
Abraham, Jacob, Moses
and Everett and Joe Gruver and Beatrice and Grace and Charles
and just outside your door is another cloud
love love love
waiting waiting waiting
push mom push
and then that miracle happens
the miracle of life that really happened 9 months ago
when it was just you and God making plans
to change the world by giving you your very own sphere of influence and the gifts
with which to influence that sphere with
a miracle that happens every day all day all over the world in every kingdom of
plant bird animal and man
a miracle that will change the world
**it might seem like this post is about a new baby...and in many ways it is
but
really
it
is
about
YOU
