The Days They Were Born

Before we saw pictures of our children, I often wondered if they were already born or if they were still in someone's womb. Would I be doing anything of significance on the days that they were born, or would those days of utmost importance seem like ordinary, routine days to me?

It turns out that our baby girl was born the day before my sister gave birth -- the first baby any of my siblings had ever had. The day our baby girl was born was full of excitement and anticipation for me because I was waiting for a call from my sister to say that she was in labor. I had my cell phone on my desk all day. Birth and new life were on my mind.

Our baby boy was born two weeks later, while we were visiting my sister and her husband to see their new son. We were fresh from holding a newborn boy and thinking hard about our own. The day that we think our boy was born, we took a picture on the beach that we like to call "Our Children are Across That Ocean!"

God's sovereignty never ceases to amaze me.