Do you remember the birth of your child? Do you remember the transition part of the labor, the part just before you get ready to push? If you had a natural childbirth like I did, then you can remember the transition in great detail.
Doctors and Midwives say that the transition is the hardest part of the entire delivery process. So why is that?
Looking back on my son‘s delivery, during the transition time, I thought to myself: there is no way I am going to be able to make it through this, to finish, to get to the end and I remember saying out loud, “I can‘t do this anymore.” My midwife and nurse had prepared me before hand that once I hit that moment where I say I can’t do this anymore, then I should take comfort in knowing that I am almost there…almost finish….that I have just a little bit further to go and before I know it I will be holding my precious child.
Tim and I are in a transition season of life right now. God has been doing a work within us the last two years and we know the birth…the fruit of our labor is just right around the corner. Right now we are persevering like never before, pushing through what seems to be the hardest part. At times we become weary, frustrated and we think it is never going to end…that all the work we have had to do the last two years is for nothing.
But we regain focus. We know what God told us and even when all things seem to be working against us…we are certain we are on the right track. So despite it all, we choose to stay focused on God, we choose to stand up under the pressure, we choose to press on while holding tight to one another and we continue onward…trusting and hoping in God‘s plan for us. We know it is just around the corner, the birth of the baby, the fruit of our labor.
BE LOVE, GIVE LOVE
Abby
