To share this news with world via the Internet is exciting. Some of you may not care and others of you may read this post out of curiosity, but the audience I am really hoping to hit is a Christian audience that may send prayers to God on our behalf for a successful and safe pregnancy and delivery.
Why ask for a such a thing from strangers that I don't even know. Simple, we are all if we believe, brothers and sisters in Christ, thus making us a church family. Why can't You ask family for some prayers every now and then. That is why I ask that.
This event has hit me by surprise and I am extremely excited about it. At first my wife and I were nervous because of our History of miscarriages (2) that we wanted to wait to spread the news till we were over the hump of where we lost the last two, and had a doctors appointment where we could see the Heartbeat. All is well. But you can't beat the power and comfort of people praying for you.
Now with that being said what is our responsibility to this child? To raise him/her to love and serve the Lord and teach the child of Jesus so they know who He is and can ask Him to be their savior when they are old enough to understand what that means. It is also going be our responsibility to send this child out into equipped with good moral values and standards so they can make good decisions, have integrity, and be worthy of respect from those whom he/she encounters as well as give the respect to others that they deserve.
This is a tall order but the one that can help us do that is God and we will be calling on Him a lot for guidance and encouragement.
Those above are all the right answers but I will be honest with you in truly thinking will I remember to do that? Will I do the right thing? How do you do these things? I am scared that I will make mistakes which is foolish because I know all parents do. Yet I do wonder what being a father will be like, what decisions will my wife and I face in the course of the child's life? Despite all this I think what I am going through is normal, I would like to think it is anyway.
God knows what He is doing though and I am sure this child will turn out the way that God wants them too. This little person like all of us will have a purpose in this life. Yet I still worry about my part in Gods plan for our child. So I would also take prayers for wisdom.
I am looking forward to all of it. The fun, the memories, the worry, the growth, the dreams, and watching smiles that can only come from the honesty of a child.
I also know that those first few years are going to be tough money wise yet honestly though I know that God will take care of us. He will remain faithful to us and we will remain faithful to Him. This can only be done with diligence to prayer and communication between us. I do know my worries are normal and this is going to be awesome no matter what happens.
Now to my final point of this post, no matter what we have to teach this child about Jesus. It is vital. We will teach him/her that Jesus is the one and only true Son of God. That He came to Earth and was born of a Virgin and became Man. He performed many miracles and taught many valuable lessons to us. As a sacrifice for the forgiveness of our sins He was crucified. Jesus suffered, died and He was buried. On the third day He rose again and ascended into Heaven where His Kingdom will have no end. He is seated at the right hand of the Father and He WILL come again in Glory to judge the living and the Dead. Jesus is the Messiah, the Savior of the World and anyone who believes in Him WILL have everlasting life.
So who do you say Jesus is? And what does that mean to you?
My prayers are with you.
Jason
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