When my husband and I found that we were expecting our first child, we were extremely surprised. We had been married only two years, and our plan was to wait several more before thinking about a family. So at first, far from being joyful, we felt our future and our freedom were being taken from us. We had a very difficult time understanding how this could be God's timing.
All we needed to do here was to yield to Life.
For many weeks we kept very quiet about the pregnancy while each of us prayed to come to terms with the situation. I prayed to know that God, not man, is the sole creator, and that all He creates is intentional, glorifying Him, with no mistakes. God's ideas have always existed in Mind, and weren't just starting or being born into matter. This new unfoldment could not take away from joy of our experience, but could only bless us. I prayed with the Bible account of Mary learning from the angel that she was to bear a son. After asking one simple question, "How shall this be . . .?" she totally accepted and trusted in God's fulfillment. "My soul doth magnify the Lord," she said (Luke 1:34,46).
