It's been more than two months since we lost our first baby-to-be at six weeks in my womb. While it is not easy to declare "The Lord gives, the Lord takes away, blessed be the Name of the Lord" when faced with such a loss, we have more or less gone past our first heartache as a couple with the prayers and support from dear friends and loved ones.
And now with renewed hope we are back at our planning calendar again, eager to give our Project Baby a second shot. God never fails to provide encouragement, especially at times when my husband is just too stressed to keep up with the schedule :-)
Like this week. We got a text message from ate Annie* that really touched my husband and sent a tear rolling down my cheeks. It went like this:
"Hi Ryan. Just want to let you know that my son Jerome and I were praying last night, when he thought of Jihan. He prayed that Jihan would be with child. In Jesus' name, I said amen."
Jerome is 12 years old and I run into him once in a while before or after one of the Sunday worship services in VCF Greenhills. Maybe a couple of weeks ago, he asked how my baby was, not knowing that I had a miscarriage. He had this concerned look on his face when he heard the sad news and tried to console me by mentioning that he will pray for us to have a baby again soon. I might have underestimated his sincerity (apologies, Jerome!) for I was surprised and moved that he did remember to pray for us!
We got a boost from Jerome's simple act. It is a loving reminder that we are not alone in this; many more are standing with us in prayer and we are just thankful to God for that.
* ate Annie Chua and her husband kuya Jason are Ryan's leaders in VCF Greenhills' ushering team. Jerome is one of their eldest twin sons.
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