I remember a celebration that took place about eight months ago when the pregnancy test came out to be positive. My daughter has been plagued with miscarriages so she has known the hopes of a new child only to have hopes and happiness very quickly turn to sorrow. My son-in-law was hesitant to get too excited about this positive test and did not want Missy to get her hopes up only to have them dashed with yet another miscarriage. He cautioned my daughter about being too premature in this early celebration. But my daughter spoke from a mother’s heart when she explained that this little life, at least for the moment, was a living being and deserved to be celebrated whether she carried it to full term or not. In her womb she carried God’s creation, His design was on this little soul and already God had plans for this baby girl. God in his “all knowing” knew that she would be named Evelyn and would most likely be called Evie for short unless she is in trouble. He knew at the moment of conception whether her hair would be red like her sister Jenna’s or blond like her Mom. He knew that this “celebrated one” would come on a certain day, be a certain weight and height and favor her Dad or be a spitting image of her Mom even through red wrinkled skin. He knew our “Beautiful Bird” would be loved by her parents, big sister, Jenna, grandparents, aunts and uncles and lots of cousins. Our all knowing God seen our Evelyn even when others could not.
I can’t wait to meet my new granddaughter, due to make her miraculous entrance into our world October 10, 2012. To me she will be a new baby to love but our God knew her even before she was conceived and even more wonderful, the bible promises that He will be with her forever and forever even until the ends of the earth.
So come precious child, your earthly family awaits your arrival while your Heavenly family rejoices at the miracle of your birth!
"Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you." Hebrew 13:5
Evelyn, Beautiful Bird!
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