Hunter had is first trip up on “stage” this last Sunday. I told Pastor Brent that we would like to dedicate Hunter to Christ. We know that Hunter is Gods child and we are the lucky ones he chose to raise him here on earth. Thanks to Brent and Masami for the prayers and the words of wisdom, encouragement and hope.
When Brent asked me why we wanted to do this and handed me the mic I was not surprised, he told me in advance I should say something if I wanted to. I had it all figured out what I was going to say…and then it hit; emotions. I did not get 3 or 4 words into my little dialogue when unknown to me I started to tear up a bit…I thought I was over that at the hospital, but I guess not. Hunter is still such an unbelievable miracle to me, that I can’t help it sometimes to shed a few tears, then you put me in front of a couple hundred people, and its all over! I know I will get a hard time from my friends who don’t have kids yet, and the ones who do know exactly what I am talking about. Every time you look into your newborns eyes, a feeling goes through you that you have never felt before. A joy that God has given to us that is like nothing else. So for those of you who missed it, or could not understand a single thing I tried to say here it goes again, minus the “womanly” emotion…now I am making fun of myself…anyway-
It seems like people are always searching for something; for truth. Does God exist? People argue over this, and even die over this. As a Christian, I have always known there is a God, a creator, a savior…call him what you want, I know he is there, he has changed my heart, no one can take that away. But on April 9th it was made even more clear to me that not only does God exist, but his love for us is unfathomable. Of course the ultimate love was given to us on the cross, but in addition to that, he chooses to bless us with so much more. Two things will always stand out in my mind that day. The first is the obvious, I got to “catch” or deliver Hunter and place him on Becky’s stomach (remember he was 3 years in the making). Watching the miracle of childbirth, especially when it is your own, is something that nothing else can compare with on this earth. (Psalm 139: 13-16) The second was when it was confirmed that Becky’s water had indeed broke, I sent out a text message saying that she was in labor to everyone I could think of at the time. Within seconds I got about 15 or so messages back that simply read “praying” or “praying for you”. As I got them I thought it was nice to see that, but did not think much about it. After the delivery I was awestruck. The delivery was “better than textbook” as one of the nurses said (read Becky’s post on he birth for more detail). Anyway a short time after he was born I sat back and thought, it was so obvious that Christ was with us today, and the fact that I knew for sure that those who sent me a text back were all praying for us, and not to mention the ones who didn’t, but were still praying for us, was a testament to God being faithful to answer those prayers. It hit me like a ton of bricks and now is so obvious to me. It wasn’t just the nurses, midwife and us in that room that day, but the creator of life himself was in that room guiding every single step. To God be the glory! – You can tell me God is a fairy tail all you want or that it all happened by an evolutionarily, random, blind chance process, but now more than ever I know the truth; everything that happens; God is in control of. - God does exist, you just might just have to sit back and think a bit.
Well I am no preacher, and by this post it is now more obvious, but those are my thoughts, and what I really wanted to say on Sunday.
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