GROWING IS A PROCESS

During our Nursery teachers devotion 2.5-3 months ago, I was sharing about how uncertain I was about the baby inside of me.  My belly had not popped yet at the time.  I couldn't feel his moves.  Was he OK?  Was he growing?  Was he still inside?  Did I feed him enough healthy food to survive (since I couldn't eat well in my first trimester)?


Throughout my second trimester, God continued to whisper this Word of comfort in my heart which just so happened to be the Nursery's Bible Verse for the month of Nov. 2011.  I found comfort in these Verses as God guided me through some concerns and mood swings in my second trimester.  God really tended to my "hi-jacked" minds through these Verses.

"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.  And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." -- Philippians 4:6-7

Fast forward to the month of Jan. 2012.  We had another teachers devotion before the start of our Nursery.  This month the kids and adults have been learning about God who loves us and helps us to grow.  Growing is a matter of process.  The result doesn't always come up the next day.


Just take for an example the life of Jesus.  I can't think of a bigger and grander birth announcement and the birth itself other than Jesus'.  Mary and Joseph was told that they would give birth to a Savior.  But when Baby Jesus was born, He was just a very vulnerable baby like other babies.  He needed Mary and Joseph to feed him.  At his younger ages, Jesus did NOT perform any wonder.  He did not turn water into wine yet.  He did not heal sick people yet.  He was basically like a regular human being.  If I were to be Mary, I would have been very disappointed and give up my patience.  THANK GOD I wasn't Mary.  God indeed chose the right Mary :-)


Then what happens?  God fulfilled His Word through the life and death of Jesus Christ.  And that's why we're here today.  But it didn't happen overnight, did it? Jesus had to go through the "growing up" process first before He's ready to fulfill God's purpose and perform wonders here on earth.


That story was very encouraging to me.  It challenged and reminded me to put my FAITH completely with and in God.  And the sharing I told the teachers 3 months ago could finally be used to testify that God is still at work in MY life ... in Manny's life ... in our family's life .. in all of our lives ... even though our eyes cannot see and our mind cannot understand at times.


With that, I want to share this video of Manny's update.  All this time of waiting, God was perfecting Manny's muscle, nerve, sensory, etc so that Manny's ready to show and "communicate" with Mamah and Papah through some of his moves and kicks.




Hope you enjoyed the video.  And may this be a blessing!