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How to Trust God When You Don’t Feel Ready
Almost one year ago, my baby boy arrived three weeks before he was due. I had gone to my doctor’s office for a routine stress test, and since I wasn’t feeling great, asked my husband to come with me at the last minute. When the nurse said, “We need to send you to the hospital for monitoring,” I was stunned. Still, my doctor assured me everything was probably normal, and I’d get to go home later that day. My husband dropped me off so he could get our hospital bags just in case. Two hours later, “just in case” turned into our doctor’s announcement: “You’re going to have a baby…
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A Love Story of Eight Months and Beyond
Right now, my gait is more like a waddle. I can no longer see my toes when I stand up, and if something drops to the ground, it’s dead to me. The definition of love that my college Bible professor gave me has taken on new meaning during my pregnancy: Love is purposing the good of another. Right now, everything about my body is purposing my baby’s good—regardless of my own comfort or lack thereof. During the pregnancy period, God teaches us moms to give up our interests for our baby and sets the tone for the rest of our lives as mothers. The short version: This life is not…
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Choosing Faith Over Fear
I have a confession. I absolutely love writing Christian suspense, but I do a much poorer job of dealing with suspense in real life. With less than two months left in my pregnancy, I am finding daily opportunities to give my anxieties back to God. Whether it’s a pregnancy symptom that is worrying or discouraging me or just how much I have left to do before the baby arrives, I find myself with two choices: give in to worry or give it to God. I wish I could say that I always choose the latter. Sometimes, I don’t, and then I have to repent of my sin of worry and…
