Praise be to God
Our King and Father
Who ensures that His established covenant with us comes to fruition
Whose words do not return void but are accomplished
The unchangeable changer
The one who has the earth as His footstool
Who is bigger than the biggest
And higher than the highest
The one who wins every battle
Who cannot be defeated
How great is our God
Merciful and Mighty
Strong and Honourable
Firm yet so loving
Is there anything too hard for Him to do? No there isn’t
The birth of my first son triggered an even deeper relationship in my walk with God. I received favour in conceiving right after the wedding and I experienced a relatively comfortable pregnancy. I did itch a lot and had food cravings sometimes but there was no reason to go to the hospital other than the usual prenatal checkups or so I taught…
On my husband’s birthday, we had a pregnancy photo-shoot and on getting home, I started experiencing contractions so we went to the hospital. I was told to go back home and return the next day. I walked a bit as advised and then I rested. I couldn’t sleep for too long and shortly before 12 am we had to go back to the hospital. I wasn’t in a lot of pain but I was quite uncomfortable. The midwife checked and noted that I was 3 cm dilated. She decided to let me stay in the hospital while I dilated to 10. At 9 am, I was still less than 5 cm dilated and my Obgyn came to see me. She burst my water herself and also induced me. At this point, the contractions got quite unbearable and I began to dilate faster. To cut a long story short, the baby’s head descended but still did not drop enough for me to successfully push him out. I was 10 cm dilated at this point. They hooked me up to a monitor to measure the baby’s heart rate while giving some more time for me to push.
Then, like a scene out of a movie, the door to my maternity room burst open and 4 nurses came in with 2 midwives. They informed me that I had to be prepped for surgery immediately as my baby’s heart rate had dropped drastically. Before I could fully comprehend what was going on, I was rushed to the operating room. To be truthful at this point I was already crying and asking for my husband. They informed me that he was changing and would join us in the operating room immediately. He came in and the surgery began. I heard the doctor exclaim – – – plus I didn’t hear the baby cry. I was awake during the procedure so I tapped my husband who was seeing it all and asked why the baby was not crying. He just simply said not to worry. Then the Dr spoke and said she wasn’t sure how the baby was alive as there was barely any umbilical cord. The baby was almost stuck to the placenta and there was almost no umbilical cord. The Dr said with such a situation the foetus should actually not have developed let alone survive until delivery. It also was not detected during any of the scans.
The above is a summary of my first son’s birth. Did that mean that every single thing was rosy after that?lol definitely not. I went on to lose a pregnancy while having the wrong countenance but then went on to have another supernatural delivery that I would share about one day. With tests come testimonies – which essentially means that when you complain that as a christian you do not want battles or tests anymore, you are essentially saying you no longer want testimonies.
Romans 5:3-5
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Seunrere
February 24, 2018 at 10:40 amAwesome post 👏🏾👏🏾
Jahdal
April 30, 2018 at 11:11 pmThanks alot!!
Tannenbaum
February 24, 2018 at 3:34 amYes i concur,in trials or tribulations,God is there with us,so that we come out as refined as pure God,becoming a beauty to behold.
The funny thing is,we think the fire is too hot,forgetting that the one refining us,holding us also feels the heat.That’s our God,the true refiner.
In all situation,to Him alone be all the praise.
Jahdal
April 30, 2018 at 11:38 pmYes o, so true!! thanks for stopping by
Tannenbaum
February 24, 2018 at 3:41 amYes i concur,in trials or tribulations,God is there with us,so that we come out as refined as pure gold,becoming a beauty to behold.
The funny thing is,we think the fire is too hot,forgetting that the one refining us,holding us also feels the heat.That’s our God,the true refiner.
In all situation,to Him alone be all the praise.
Tokunbo
February 24, 2018 at 8:14 amWell done Sis.God bless you.
Jahdal
April 30, 2018 at 11:47 pmAmen and you too!
Iyadami
February 24, 2018 at 2:21 pmIndeed, God is awesome and too faithful to fail. I have also enjoyed this great mercy and love.
Jahdal
April 30, 2018 at 11:47 pmHalleluyah!
Jummie
February 25, 2018 at 12:01 amSuch an awesome testimony!! Praise be to God who always cause us to triumph. It’s so comforting to know that He’s always with us and will never allow us to be drowned even when we go through the deepest sea.
Keep up the good work dear 😍
Jahdal
April 30, 2018 at 11:48 pmThanks alot!!
Missy
February 27, 2018 at 8:11 amThank God for everything! “in Test comes the Testimony “
Jahdal
April 30, 2018 at 11:48 pmso true! thanks!
Adeleke Lawal
March 3, 2018 at 10:02 amThis is a great guide. Thank to you sis, God bless.
Jahdal
April 30, 2018 at 11:48 pmAmen and you too!
Helengul
March 6, 2018 at 8:11 amWe serve a God that never fails nor disappoints. When the going gets tough or the tough gets going, HE promised to be there for us always. All we need do is BELIEVE and have FAITH…
Jahdal
April 30, 2018 at 11:48 pmHalleluyah!!
Frances Ada
March 23, 2018 at 12:55 amAmazing testimony! He is a God of wonders indeed 🙏🏽
Jahdal
April 30, 2018 at 11:49 pmHe surely is!