Baby

Me:  What are you doing?

Prodigal:  I am getting the crib ready for the baby.

Me:  I have a story  about the baby.

 

This comes from the book Voices of the Faithful by Beth Moore

She’s having a baby!

There was no better news to my ears than to hear that a woman in one of my Bible study groups was pregnant.  It was such exciting news that I cried.  The women and I have been praying for this for a very long time.  The news also just “happened” to reinforce our study points for that session;  the power of God, how God answered prayers and how we need to choose whom we are going to serve each day.

In the past, this woman and another woman were both desperate to become pregnant after years and years of trying.  They went to the witch doctor seeking some drugs or amulets to bring fertility to their wombs.  Babies are signs of blessing on their households, as well as insurance that they will be taken care of when they are old.  Children are very important in Africa.

After hearing about Jesus, both women decided to stop taking the medicine from the witch doctor and to trust in God.  We spent hours and hours praying for the two to become pregnant.  Now both women have been blessed with a pregnancy–showing the power of God and showing that He answers prayers.  These women chose to serve God instead of the witch doctor, and the entire village knew their choice.  Each day, we are faced with the same question of whom we will serve.  Choosing to serve the living God is the better way.

Suzie, Central and Eastern Africa

 

Choose for yourselves today whom you will serve…but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.  Joshua 24:15

 

Jennifer Van Allen

 

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org

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