Hard to believe that tomorrow, a little after 11:30 AM, we get to see the little crumb cruncher we have been impatiently anticipating for the very first time. Even though she has been with us for nine months, sharing everything we have been doing, tomorrow everything for her and us will be brand new.
She will lose the confines of the womb and breathe air for the first time, see light in all its amazing glory, hear once muffled voices clearly, see faces of those that love her, smell and taste so many new things, stretch and move and experience the wonder of this earth her Father has created for her.
He crafted her for this time, created her for our family, sent her here to experience the world as seen through the eyes of 2008. She is a time traveler, an emissary from another realm, stepping from the kingdom of heaven to the kingdom of earth and decades later after her work has been done, returns back to that kingdom and to her Lord.
She is a daughter of heaven, a child of the King, a daughter of man.
She will laugh and love and bring unspeakable joy to those around her. She will radiate the heart of her Father and will reflect His heart of love and mercy to the world. She will be full of life and be a physical example to those around her of the promise that God is good.
For God is good.
This one thing, this one lesson I have learned, no matter what falls around me, no matter how I stumble, God is good. Though my perspective may warp as experiences shift my boat under the winds of change. Though grief and pain cloud the course laid before me, nothing can alter the truth that God is love and a loving God is worthy to be praised. And praise Him I will, with all that is within will I praise Him, for He alone has anchored this soul.
One more day.
We wait in expectation, we covet your prayers, we proclaim a safe surgery, a safe delivery, easy transition for baby, no complications for mom, and wonderful doctors and nurses well rested and at their best for all.
We anticipate a beautifully healthy baby girl with no defects or lack that is fully formed and fully ready to work with her mother to nurse.
We push aside fear, doubt, and dread for the higher knowledge that God only gives good things and Emily Joy is a very, very good thing.
One more day.
What an honor and privilege it will be to live it.