My Christmas Baby

The birth of our first child was truly a miraculous event.  When she arrived, her spirit filled the room.  We were so happy to have her in our lives.

But her birth was not so easy.  They had a hard time stopping the bleeding, but it got under control enough for the midwife to send me home after the allotted five hours in the birthing center. 

The next year and a half was very difficult.  I bled almost every day, and was in constant pain.  I also had infections and a major injury to my neck.  At times, I could not raise my chin off of my chest.  Looking at the stars was an impossibility. 

We did not have insurance, but we knew God would provide if He wanted me to go to a doctor.  But He had taught me to seek Him first and wait for His leading;  otherwise, there would be no help found in seeking out medical help.  Jeff fasted and prayed.  He strongly sensed the Lord speak to him that I had a tear in my uterus and that I was not to go to a doctor at this time.  This probably saved me from surgery and who knows what complications after that.

I lived with this constant pain, but told no one.  I think some people may have judged me lazy or something akin, but I did the absolute best I could with the strength I had.  And I found ways to manage.

After about a year and a half of this, the Spirit of the Lord came to me asking if I was ready to have my next baby.

I laughed out loud.

Then I said that I would need a couple of days to think about that.

The next day, I went before the Lord and said, “Okay, but You have to heal me.” 

I knew that in my current condition, my body was not able to sustain a pregnancy.  Well, very soon (that day or the next), I received a postcard from a ministry in Texas that was full of references to healing scriptures.  During Joy’s nap times for the next two days (4 hours total), I read out loud the entire passages including the healing scriptures.  I did not do it as a religious exercise.  But rather, as I heard the passages read, I met my faith with them.

As soon as I finished, the bleeding stopped and the pain was gone!

I then had my first cycle, and the next month I was pregnant.  What an amazing, powerful, loving, awesome God!

Josiah Aaron was born on a beautiful, quiet Christmas morning, an almost perfect birth.

Thanks God.

So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.   Romans 10:17

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