God stopped by at 8:33 this morning. He came during the rush of waters at my beautiful new grandaughter's birth. I am so blessed to have been there to help and coach my daughter through a very difficult delivery.
I saw Him in Maggie Rose's beautiful little face. I saw Him in my son-in-law Sal's eyes as they filled with love for his wife and precious baby girl. I saw Him in the care and kindness of the midwife who delivered her, and I saw Him in the hands of the nurses who helped Jodi through 14 hours of labor. I saw Him in the face of the med student who was there to watch her very first birth. She plans on being an obstetrician one day. Today, she went unexpectedly from being a watcher to being a participater as the nurse let her have hands on and help support Jodi as she was delivering her first little girl.(Jodi has 2 sons)
Some people don't realize how close God is in the everyday pieces of life. I take Him for granted too, sometimes. But not today. How precious is the gift of life. God stops by every day, in hundreds of thousands of lives, as children are born to anxiously waiting parents and grandparents and brothers and sisters and all the extended family members. I am remembering that today. I hope I never forget.
