Welcoming long awaited birth has been the topic of my household for quite some time now. We are awaiting a new life to be born. While it is true that only one of the women in this picture is truly pregnant... they both carry life yet to be birthed. The one on the right spent some of the morning chewing on the fact that though she once was carrying multiple, physical seeds... she now carries multiple spiritual seeds... and she is ready to give birth.
Being pregnant is a funny thing. It's a long, hard, and humbling process. It changes you... some ways more pleasant than others... It beckons change that we could never imagine. Our bodies are stretched... our limits are tested. Our anxiety runs high, and our pain thresholds are pushed. Most women are ready for labor, but it does come at a cost. Labor is work. It is painful, messy and bloody. I remember these things as I feel pregnant with so many things that still need to grow before they exit out of me and into the world. But, I also remember that waiting is valuable. The best reward comes with patience and waiting.
This morning we welcomed new life into our family. The Lord has heard and given us another to love. Samuel! A strong, strong name. My heart is flooded with emotion as I ponder the knitting process of this tiny being. So small, so beautiful, so full of God's glory and yet so very needy. Being pregnant means being needy. Waiting for life to grow means being needy. Watching things happen in you that totally change your form means being needy. Waiting for life to come forth means being needy. And, when the moment comes to labor for what has been toiled over for so long neediness is more prominent than ever.
Carrying life is a call to see that we are needy in every phase... and He is faithful to meet our need and expectations with Himself and also with other parts of the body. He knows we need others to encourage us... to speak hard truths... to love us... to celebrate alongside... and yes...sometimes... to even offer the gift of timely words... PUSH!
So thankful for what new life represents.
I too am longing for some of my own joyful birth stories. I have had multiple and long for many more. So to confirm the rumors... yes... I am expecting!
in the spiritual, of course!
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