Me: How is the baby?
Prodigal: He is doing great!
Me: Here is a story for you about babies.
This is from the book Psalm 91 by Peggy Joyce Ruth and Angelia Ruth Schum
The whole family was rejoicing when our daughter-in-law, Sloan, received a positive pregnancy test report and found she was going to have the first grandchild on either side of the family. Since she’d had a tubal pregnancy before, making her highly susceptible for another, the doctor ordered a sonogram as a precautionary measure.
The disturbing result of the sonogram was : “no fetus found, a great deal of water in the uterus and spots of endometriosis.” With only two hours’ notice, emergency surgery was quickly underway, at which time the doctor performed a laparoscopy, drained the uterus, and scraped away the endometriosis. After the surgery the doctor’s words were, “During the laparoscopy we carefully looked everywhere, and there was no sign of a baby, but I want to see you back in my office in one week to be sure fluid doesn’t build back up.” When Slain argued that the pregnancy test had been positive, he said there was a 99 percent chance the baby had naturally aborted and had been absorbed into the uterine lining.
Even, so after the doctor left the room, Sloan was the only one not fazed by his report. What she said next surprised everyone. She emphatically stated that even the doctor had left her with a 1 percent chance, and she was going to take it. From that moment on, no amount of discouragement from well-meaning friends who didn’t want her to be disappointed had any effect on her. Never once did she veer away from confessing out loud Psalm 91 and another Scripture promise that she had found “(My child) will not die, but live, and tell of the works of the LORD” Psalm 118:17.
A strange look came on the technician’s face the next week as she administered the ultrasound. She immediately called for the physician. Her reaction was a little disconcerting to Sloan, until Sloan heard these words: “Doctor, I think you need to come here quickly. I’ve just found a six-week-old fetus!” It was nothing short of a miracle that such sever, invasive procedures had not damaged or destroyed this delicate life in its beginning stages. When I look at my grandson, it is hard to imagine life with out him.
Philippians 1:4
Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy.
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
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