Todays P & W Thought: God is in control of our Lives...To have or Not to have Children... Isaiah 45:6-7 So that from the rising of the sun to the place of its setting people may know there is none besides me. I am the Lord, and there is no other. I form the light and create darkness, I bring prosperity and create disaster; I, the Lord, do all these things I think we all believe that we are in control of our lives otherwise we would freak out. But if you are honest with yourself you will agree with me that our lives arent in our hands like we would like to believe ... we dont have that much control over our lives. Logically we want to believe that we can map our lives and achieve exactly what they want... If I go to this school I will have these calibre of friends, if I choose to study this field Ill be able to earn this amount of money and be able to afford a good house, car, take my children to good schools and just being able to afford anything that I want to have and live a happy life ... But in reality this sometimes can be a miss ... You might have the best education but cant find the job that you want to have, you can have the best education, a good job but not live a happy life etc etc I believe ... This equation shows us that at the end of the day whether we like it or not God is the one who can make it happen for us ... I remember when I was trying to have a baby, doctors from two big hospitals in London, UK, said my tubes were tangled, as such I wont be able to have children naturally but only through IVF. This devastated me as it is a very expensive procedure and also there are no guarantees that you can have children. Many people are trying to have children but are unable to. Like my point above, even having children isnt something that we have control over, God has His hand in this too. God had planned for me to have three children regardless of what the doctors said in the UK !!! and at His perfect time, He blessed me with Nsetu, Misuka and Lulu. When Nsetu was conceived I was shocked as I thought the doctors had said only through IVF??? But God decided to bless us with Misuka again, which was a surprise because she was conceived when her brother was three months old, still in unbelief that I have my own child (Missy came exactly a year after the first one). As far as we were concerned we had a boy and a girl and that was all that we had wished and hoped for. But 7 years later God wanted to give us a gift, and she came as Lulu, meaning a pearl in English. According to statistics having a baby after 35years old is risky and I was 43 years old so the risks were even higher - a Down syndrome child? Funny enough when I conceived Lulu I never put my age and Down syndrome baby together, and I believe God wanted me to focus on my health as it would have depressed me just thinking of a 60% chance (I think) of giving birth to a Down syndrome baby. In fact after delivering her, a friend in the US told me her colleagues wife who was the same age as me (African) had given birth around the same time, to a Down syndrome baby. Thats when it had hit me that I could have had a child who wasnt normal. So against all odds God gave me a perfect, beautiful normal angel because He had a plan for her life. Why am I telling you all these... I just want us to remind ourselves that everything is in Gods control. Did I know I was going to have three beautiful children .. No? Did I know by 2015 I would have two children? No. If you have been blessed with children, dont take it for granted because some arent blessed with any. But also if you are married and are hoping to have a child, dont despair as leaning on God is the solution to everything. If He has plans for you to have a child, you will have one just like I did. Doctors are human beings and they reach a point where God would take over. And if you are single, dont be pressured to getting married to just ANY man just because you are worried about your biological cloak ticking. When Jesus says YES nobody can say no. Wait upon the Lords timing. God chose us to be Lulus parents for a purpose, we didnt know Lulu before she blessed our lives. So God had a right to take her away from us when it suited Him. Likewise He has a purpose for each one of us and even Lulu. Right now we might not know why she was given to us for only six years but I believe her purpose would soon be revealed. I believe she finished her race WELL which was Six, Short and Sweet years. This knowledge and revelation that God chose me and not you as Lulus mother/parent makes me believe God didnt make a mistake or she came as an accident. Did I sign a contract with God that she would be with me for 70 years and am asking Him now why has she been taken at 6? No. And this gives me so much peace --- that she was meant for and given to us for only Six Short Sweet years and I should therefore thank God for her life and not her loss. Because by asking God why was she taken from us so soon I will end up blaspheming. Also this peace from God helps me when I start feeling guilty and start blaming myself or others that we could have avoided her death eg if I didnt have a party then the driver would have fixed her bike... So if you are blessed with children, remember that we are chosen to bring them to this world not as our own, but as guardians. We didnt choose the children we have and God is therefore in control of when Hell come back after them. We need to make sure we do the best for and to them, because one day well all be asked how we looked after them... They are Gods property. Brethren, let us be still and remember that God has control over our lives. If we are believing (praying) for a child, a husband, a job, good health let us exalt and Honor Him in our lives and leave the rest to Him ...Psalm 46:10: Be still and know I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth Have a Fruitful Friday Friends...
Posted on: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 08:56:49 +0000