Posted by guest blogger chuck aka xtnyoda
A week ago I was in NE Arkansas helping conduct the funeral of a dear
friend in ministry. While there a young
I was in the
hospital room with her back then, when the Dr. came in and told her they
were going to need to abort her baby or she would die from some
infection that had developed. She asked me to pray, then opened her
eyes with tears streaming and said something like, "Then I will die. I
am going to give this baby life."
She and the baby lived! Now,
I am looking at her beautiful round faced, red headed granddaughter!
Bright eyed and full of life! I asked the young girl if she had ever
heard about the story of her mother's birth? She said she had not. I
looked quickly to her grandmother and she gave a nod of approval.
I quietly shared with the granddaughter about the circumstances of her
grandmother while carrying her mother, and what and how her grandmother
had resolutely responded. I will never forget that beautiful girl's
response.
She looked up, directly into her grandmothers eyes
for a moment. She then simply asked, "You did that for my Mom and me?"
The grandmother smiled and simply shook her head with a yes.
The granddaughter then laid her head over onto her grandmother's breast
and began to cry quietly and gave her grandmother a big hug.
Just had to share.