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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 2 – Intermediate)
Topic: FAITH (strong, confident belief in God) (02/26/15)
“Lay out her clothes.” I heard the words clearly, so gently I laid her newborn sleeper, tiny T shirt and diaper out on the bed.

The Nurse had just informed us she would not be going home with us that afternoon. “Her numbers are too high,” she said. “At minimum, it will be another two or three more days.”

I smiled knowing she was going home with us that day. We had His word.

It had been almost two years since He answered the question I asked because of symptoms I was experiencing, “What is wrong with me?”

“Your secret desire my child.” Certainly not words I would come up with myself.

Immediately I knew the secret desire He was referring to. It had been over six years since I had been told I should never try to have another child. “It would be too risky,” they told me. I was advised to have my tubes cut and tied.

Our prayers were those of submission as we prayed for guidance to the Doctors suggestions. We knew how God had come through for our son and I during his delivery. They had no explanation that explained how we both made it though the unusual circumstances without one or both of us having brain damage or dying.

We knew to trust Him. “No thanks,” was the answer we confidently gave. We believed He would speak to us if the time come, but until then, we would use a safe birth control.

“Your secret desire my child,” we believed was Him now, letting us know.

For years, I secretly thought how I would love to have a daughter. I started to ask Him what He would want us to name her.

After sharing with my husband, we made an appointment with an obstetrician. The first visit left us disappointed. We were told to come back in four weeks. It was too early to tell.

The second appointment we found ourselves on the way to the nearest hospital. They suspected a tubal pregnancy. We prayed for God to move our baby into the womb if she was in the tubes. Tests at the hospital gave no indication of a tubal pregnancy but there seemed to be some swelling in my uterus. Again we were advised to wait a few weeks and be tested again.

Third appointment, a thorough testing showed no sign of any baby, anywhere. Silently we drove home.

Praying, we decided I should return to the Obstetrician that had advised me to have my tubes cut. He was happy to inform us that even if circumstances with my blood pressure and a blood clot would reoccur, it would not be an issue. Advancements had been made. He seen no reason I shouldn’t try to have another baby.

We celebrated and discontinued the use of birth control expecting to conceive immediately. Eleven months came and went. Each month leaving us more disappointed than the one before.

After a year of trying... I sat crying and confused “Lord, I don’t know what you want. I’m sorry if I misunderstood, forgive me.”

We decided we would go back to using birth control. That was the last night that we had not used it.

Our faith had been tested and soon we would learn that it would not go unrewarded. The next month, I missed my period.

Now here we were in the hospital waiting to go home, but not without incident.

The night I delivered I felt the familiar pain of a blood clot just like before. “Lord, What do you want me to do?”

He led me to John 11 in a Billy Graham study Bible. There He taught me about “unlimited faith.” I was not to let circumstances limit my faith nor be controlled by fear.
“Don’t be satisfied with limited, fundamental faith only, when you can have unlimited faith that pleases God and reveals His glory.” I got my answer, I had peace as I fell asleep.

Now on this day, they came early and took her for her tests. They claimed a few hours would have no significance in the results.

They didn’t know that just before they took her, I had rebuked the devil because she was not responding to me. In that instant, her color change to normal and her eyes opened wide.

With puzzled looks, they handed her to us and said, “She can go home.”






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C D Swanson 
03/05/15
Powerful and moving testimony of faith and love.
Amazing story. Thank you for sharing this.

God bless~
Shann Hall-LochmannVanBennekom 
03/12/15
This is a touching piece. I can relate to it in many ways. I had always dreamed of having 4 daughter's and it was hard when I learned my second child was a boy. I didn't think I could be a good mother to a male, but God gave me what I needed. Now 24 years later, I can't imagine the world without my son.

I noticed some tiny things like capping common nouns like obstetrician and nurse. You'd only start those with a capital letter if they were being used as a name. For example: Excuse me, Doctor, am I ready to go home? Also you said God came through for my son and I. You wouldn't say for I so it should be for my son and me.

Overall, you did an outstanding job on this story of Faith. The message is one we all need reminding of from time to time. I enjoyed it from beginning to end.

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C D Swanson 
03/12/15
Penny,
A warm note of "congrats" for your touching story.

GOd bless~