Trying to have a baby and not being able to conceive or losing a child at a young age is very difficult to understand 'why God, me?' or 'why, God?' As I speak on the pro tennis tour I share of God's care for my own family, love, concern, hope and answered prayer.
Christmas is a time of a birth, families, a Savior and hope. I’ve had all four and would like to share this comfort to others.
My wife and I married late in life at 30 and 40 years old, respectively. Several years after our marriage, we wanted to have children. We then had three 3rd-month miscarriages before we had a full term birth.
Mia, my wife, talks about those children to this day. Today, she mentions each individual miscarriage as "I knew that was a boy" or “I knew that was a girl".
We did not share with anyone when Mia became pregnant again; until she began to show in the sixth month. In the past, we had seen the joy that people had when we shared with them on an upcoming birth and the awkwardness of them hearing of another child being lost.
The Doctor shared with us after reviewing the ultrasound that our unborn child had the umbilical cord wrapped around the neck three times and this is a very dangerous during the delivery leading to brain damage or even death. During the delivery; the doctor carefully unwrapped the cord around the neck during the C-section operation and handed the baby girl to us to hold and touch.
Today, Ashley is six years old, in grade one at school, healthy, top of her English class and loves Christ. She plays a tambourine and even dances during the music in church. Both Mia and I still acknowledge those prayers we made for her birth a long time ago.
Five years later, a baby boy was given to us - Joshua. He is also a blessing to us in our older age. We named him after the Biblical character, Joshua, who was a great leader of the Israelites in the Old Testament. Now at fifteen months old, our Joshua is starting to raise his hands upwards towards his Maker God during praise music.
May Christ give you faith, hope, peace and love year round and especially during this holiday season!
