Our pregnancies were big news to us. But, thankfully, the press couldn't have cared less. Of course, we're not Prince William and Duchess Kate.
Kate's first-trimester problems have been front page news. Because the baby she's carrying is an heir to the throne. This is a royal baby.
But, then, so is every baby. Because only the King - of all kings - can start a human life. Long before ultrasounds, God gave us a glimpse inside a mother's womb - in this prayer. "You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother's womb. Thank You for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous."
"You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb...Every day of my life was recorded in Your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed" (Psalm 139:13-16).
From the moment the egg and sperm come together to start a life, it's all God. Every child is a unique, precious creation of Almighty God.
On the day our grandchildren came into the world, I've held them in my arms, called them by name and spoken these words to them. "You are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus, for good works God prepared in advance for you to do" (Ephesians 2:10). Not my words. God's words.
I picture God, our Heavenly Father, holding every baby and telling them that. Born rich, born poor ... born "planned," born an "accident" ... born "normal," born "special" ... born "wanted," born "unwanted" - all divine masterpieces, designed and loved by a Creator who makes no mistakes. Who has a plan for every life.
The worth of every human is conferred on them before they're even born. So no one on earth gives you your worth - and no one on earth can take it away.
Amazingly, when God visited our planet, He didn't beam down as a Conqueror on a white horse. He came as we all did - as a baby. Embryo ... fetus ... protected by amniotic fluid ... sustained by a placenta ... pushing His way into the world. If there was any doubt of the sacredness of a baby, Christmas declares, "Case closed."
The stunner from the Bible is that this Bethlehem Baby is "the Author of life" (Acts 3:15). All life. The Christmas Baby designed every baby. With a purpose and destiny that revolves around Him. "All things were created by Him and for Him" (Colossians 1:16). Jesus is not only the reason for the season. He's the reason we're here.
The kids are right when they sing, "Jesus loves the little children, all the children of the world." All the children. From the moment they're conceived. And every moment from then on.
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