Bearing children…

 

Bearing children…

Watching the birth of a child is watching a miracle…your heart is tendered by the sight…and experiencing it first hand is like nothing   else…oh, it is painful, scary, but the joy of holding that tiny squiggly being, with their eyes on you for the first time is like a moment no other…you want to praise and cry at the same time…until you realize you hold this tiny person in your hands and you are responsible for his/her care,  nurturing forever…from babyhood through adulthood…they are a gift from the creator…to you personally…

As I reread Hannah’s prayer written centuries before Christ, I had to reread Mary’s prayer as well…their praise, their confidence in God…during these tender moments of new beginnings…

“Like Hannah and Mary, we should be confident of God’s ultimate control over the events in our lives, and we should be thankful for the ways God has  blessed us.  By praising God for all the good gifts, we acknowledge his ultimate control over all the affairs of life”. Bible notes..

Thank YOU….

 Then Hannah prayed and said:“My heart rejoices in the Lord;in the Lord my horn is lifted high.

My mouth boasts over my enemies,for I delight in your deliverance. 

“There is no one holy like the Lord;there is no one besides you;there is no Rock like our God. “

Do not keep talking so proudly or let your mouth speak such arrogance,for the Lord is a God who knows,and by him deeds are weighed. 

“The bows of the warriors are broken,but those who stumbled are armed with strength. 

Those who were full hire themselves out for food,but those who were hungry are hungry no more.

She who was barren has borne seven children,but she who has had many sons pines away. 

“The Lord brings death and makes alive;he brings down to the grave and raises up. 

The Lord sends poverty and wealth;

he humbles and he exalts. 

He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap;

he seats them with princes and has them inherit a throne of honor.

“For the foundations of the earth are the Lord’s;on them he has set the world. 

He will guard the feet of his faithful servants,but the wicked will be silenced in the place of darkness.

“It is not by strength that one prevails;

those who oppose the Lord will be broken.

The Most High will thunder from heaven;the Lord will judge the ends of the earth.

“He will give strength to his king and exalt the horn of his anointed.”

1Sam.2.1-10

 And Mary said,“My soul magnifies the Lord,     and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has looked on the humble estate of his servant.

For behold, from now on all generations will call me blessed; for he who is mighty has done great things for me,and holy is his name. And his mercy is for those who fear him from generation to generation. 

He has shown strength with his arm;

he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts; 

he has brought down the mighty from their thrones and exalted those of humble estate; 

he has filled the hungry with good things,and the rich he has sent away empty. 

He has helped his servant Israel,in remembrance of his mercy, as he spoke to our fathers,to Abraham and to his offspring forever.”

Luke.1.46-55

Rejoice in the Lord…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kAIA5qxmHk