So a few months ago I came home from work and my wife set down a pregnancy test in front of me. The pregnancy test was positive. The look on my face was complete shock. I did not say anything at all, my wife and I just started laughing for some reason. We have a four year old toddler and a ten month old infant. My world was rocked in a matter of seconds.
Our plan was always to have three children. Our plan was to wait until the youngest was at least 2 or 3 years old before we even tried to have our third child. As it turns out, God definitely had different plans for us. We just bought a little house close to my new job and things were good. We have the right amount of bedrooms for the four of us and we were going to be comfortable for a few years before our third child was going to come.
It took a few weeks for me to really wrap my mind around the concept of us having a third child so soon. I was happy, but at the same time it was not a part of our plan. I began to think of the worst things each day. I would ask myself, do I make enough money to provide for five family members? Do I have enough energy for three children? Do I have enough patience for three kids? The questions just kept on coming as each day began to pass.
Finally, I felt like the Lord woke me up. One day, I felt this peace come over my body. I felt like the Lord was saying, Aaron I know this is not a part of your plan. But this is a part of My plan. I was being so selfish and my mindset was so negative, I almost forgot how great of a gift this was. The Holy Spirit is beginning to mold me for this third (and last) child that we are going to bring into this world. The Lord has given us this beautiful gift and moved up our calendar.
My wife and I are both so happy that we are going to be having this baby. We finally just said to each other, if the Lord wants us to have this baby now then we are going to love on this baby. I know we will struggle initially because we will have two babies that are younger than 2 years old, but we are excited about the challenge. We are excited to pray for our third child and excited to raise him up to know Christ. We are excited for this child to have two older brothers for protection. We are excited for our family of five. It took a little time, but we are excited for this gift God has given us.
So I just wanted to encourage others that if something has come into your life that is a surprise, to really meditate on why this has been presented to you. Is it something God has given to you? Is it something that you need to get rid of so that you can get on the right path with the Lord? Really pray and listen to what the Father has to say to you. Sometimes God brings things unexpectedly into your life. The way we handle these unexpected events, will effect how we grow with the Lord. So pray that God gets you out of your comfort zone, so your faith can grow. But to be honest, whether you pray for it our not, God is gonna bring some BIG Surprises in your life. Hopefully you handled it a little better than I did initially! God bless!
-Aaron
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