Nothing like an expectation
Everyone who has already expected a baby knows how it feels.
On the one hand there is the unspeakable joy, especially where parents did not get pregnant easily. The ecstatic gratitude for a baby can not be expressed in words.
Then the big guard starts. God in his wisdom decided that people should wait a full nine months to see that miracle in living bodies. Somewhere along the road, one gets a chance when the gynecologist shows you a picture of that little joke of joy.
Sacrifice is part of the fun. The right thing, exercise, rest, disposition, because baby is just as dependent as the aspirant’s mother is. You are entitled to give up your mother’s mood fluctuations and preferences without any permission. Even though he is thinking, anchovies , condensate milk and peanut butter is okay just because she asks …. maybe a baby that is so good-looking.
An important question is, of course, where the newcomer will withdraw. Privacy is still important and somewhere a space must be dedicated to him or her. Oh, the colors will depend on the gender of the little boy, after all, what does a blue bully supporter look like in a pink room? It’s enough to make it easy to get into the world.
And then that moment, feeling like it’s never going to happen. If so, robots must know their time. With the hospital discussion beforehand, everything is done right to make the friend feel welcome in his new home.
The wonder of birth has begun with an expectation. The time for starting a family has come and although the potential parents each have a unique contribution to delivering it is God who gives life.
Something about this is also true about our attitude at the beginning of a new year. There is a baby on the road. The little boy represents God’s dream for you and me for this season. It may request sacrifices, prepare and prepare. There may be a period of waiting. The wonder, however, that God in and through our lives makes it all worthwhile.
Live this year with expectation. The world waits for people who will begin to see what God shows, hear what He announces, will come and live with expectation.