still waiting - patiently?

with just two days to go until our due date, we are feel all of the excitement, anxiety, fatigue and stress of this round the clock waiting game. so to that end and in trying to sort through some of my many and varied emotions, i did a bible study on childbirth and found the following verses to be really encouraging.

"With the LORD's help, I have brought forth (Dillan)!" Gen 4:1
Yes, you have been with me from birth; from my mother's womb you have cared for me. No wonder I am always praising you! Psa 71:6
May she who gave you birth be happy. Pro 23:25

Listen to me, all of you in far-off lands! The LORD called me before my birth; from within the womb he called me by name. Isa 49:1 Would I ever bring (Dillan) to the point of birth and then not deliver it?" asks the LORD. "No! I would never keep this (child) from being born," says your God. Isa 66:9 May the God of your ancestors help you; may the Almighty bless you with the blessings of the heavens above, blessings of the earth beneath, and blessings of the breasts and womb. Gen 49:25 Yet you brought me safely from my mother's womb and led me to trust you when I was a nursing infant.Psm 22:9

God's ways are as hard to discern as the pathways of the wind, and as mysterious as a tiny baby being formed in a mother's womb. Ecc 11:5


I honestly do have to say i'm a bit discouraged at how often horrible pain and anguish is related to a woman giving birth (especially for the first time). i'm trying to be encouraged by the idea that they didn't have epidurals back in biblical times.

but i know He will call out Dillan when the time is right and my job is to rest and wait and do all i can to prepare for a healthy delivery and a healthy baby. man oh man, is that hard to remember all day and all night though.

soon enough we'll get to hold this beautiful baby boy in our arms!