I just started reading Supernatural Childbirth by Jackie Mize today. It has been sitting on my computer desk for a while now and I wish I would've picked it up sooner. A friend of mine gave it to me when I went to her daughter's 1st birthday party and said that the author has some interesting perspectives about God's promises concerning pregnancy and childbirth.

I've only read the first couple of chapters, but so far it is very uplifting. It is the story of Mize and her husband as they choose to have faith in God's Word against all odds. While the world was telling them that they could not have children and even if they conceived, they would be bound to miscarry, they believed that God had a better plan for them. Not only did God bless them with 4 beautiful children, He showed Mize in His Word that pregnancy/childbirth does NOT have to be a fearful, miserable, and painful experience.

Reading her story made me realize that I need to stay away from the forums at Mothering.com. I mean, I already knew that I spend way too much time there, but now I really need to STAY AWAY altogether for a long time. God's Word says:

"Blessed is the man
Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly,
Nor stands in the path of sinners,
Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;
But his delight is in the law of the LORD,
And in His law he meditates day and night.
He shall be like a tree
Planted by the rivers of water,
That brings forth its fruit in its season,
Whose leaf also shall not wither;
And whatever he does shall prosper."
-Psalm 1:1-3

Okay, I know that those are strong words....it sounds like I am calling everyone on MDC "ungodly". While I know that there are some great bible-believing ladies on MDC, most of the counsel I find on those boards is NOT godly counsel that lines up with God's Word. I have learned a lot while visiting forums like that, but I have also become inundated with stories of fear, negativity, and worry.

I don't want to be unrealistic and look at the world through rose-colored glasses, but I know that God's promises for His children are amazing. He offers so much more than what the world can offer me. The world offers uncertainty and fear. The world says that God condones (even causes) sickness, disease, and poverty......and frankly, His Word states the opposite. Through faith in His Word, mountains can be moved and the impossible becomes possible.

I want to feed my mind and my spirit with words of hope and peace instead of the junk I have been feasting on lately.

Speaking of feeding myself junk, I ate an entire bag of Gummi Worms the other day in like 20 minutes. Well, DH did get a few, but I'm surprised he could even get his hand in the bag at all, with the way I was scarfing them down. :)

Labels: pregnancy, spirituality