October 5, 2007
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Labor pains
I was reading a blog about thanking God in the midst of trouble, and it reminded me of having a baby. The Bible compares trials on this earth to a woman in labor.
I had all three of my children with no medication at all (they don’t give you much till you’re about to give birth anyway, so really it was no big deal). What got me through the labor pains was, yes, the classes I’d had about what it is all about so I wouldn’t be scared, and training in breathing and relaxing, but more than that, the fact that there was a baby at the end, to hold and see who it was, made it easier to get through each contraction (counting down to “no more left”), and made it worth everything!
Our Christian life is like that. Scripture says that the trials we have now are nothing compared to the joy and peace we will have in Heaven. It also says we are God’s children. It says we are to grow up to the stature and fullness of Jesus Christ.
So, in a way, if our growing pains as children in the Lord, and our trials and troubles are like “labor pains,” then WE are the baby at the end!
Love to all,
Gerrie
Comments (6)
AMEN!!!!
Hi Gerrie,
Good post and illustration….have a very blessed day today…Mike
Not having personally gone through labor pains, I can’t confirm the pain level — though I have been bedside for three births — but you’re right, Gerrie. In fact, just last night I was telling Grace that this life is a “prologue,” a word we had discussed earlier in the day. Another way I’ve thought of it is that this life is like life in the womb in a sense that it seems so all-encompassing, and yet, someday, we’ll be birthed into a reality that makes us immediately forget the former “life.” And as you say, there is real pain here and pain in transition. But oh, the glorious life that’s waiting!
A wonderful analogy, and a good lessons. Thank you, Gerrie! God bless you today, my friend.
Good post Gerrie, glad to be home that’s for sure!
Mike
Thanks so much for your comments about Alisha; she is a very sweet person…have a blessed day….Mike