A year ago, my husband and I were eagerly awaiting the birth of our first child. During my pregnancy, we both prayed to understand more about our spiritual identity and that of our baby—that we were and are all children of God. One week before my due date, the doctor examined me and said that I had developed a serious form of high blood pressure, which was endangering the baby. She said labor would have to be induced, and she scheduled me to check into the hospital the following weekend. After I left her office, I went home, scared and disappointed because of the prognosis that I would be unable to give birth naturally.
I told my husband the news. He listened calmly and reminded me that God was in control of every detail of this birth. I realized then that all of us, including the doctor, were governed by God's love, which included the natural, gentle unfoldment of good. That afternoon, I telephoned the practitioner of Christian Science who'd been praying with me during the pregnancy, and asked for additional prayer.
The doctor said I had developed a serious form of high blood pressure that was endangering the baby.
