by Peter M. Lopez
My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. Psalms 89:34 (KJV)
Before my wife and I were married, she said, “If you want children, don’t marry me.”
It wasn’t that she didn’t want children; she loves children. She was merely repeating what she had been told years earlier by doctors-that she might never have children.
About two years into our marriage, we realized we did want kids. We did the only thing we knew to do, we prayed. A few baby-less months passed. We waited patiently, and we prayed. For nearly two years, men and women of God unbeknownst to one another prophesied repeatedly we would have children. A few more baby-less months passed.
Eventually we became frustrated. Then, one night, as clearly as I have ever heard anything else from God, He said, “You will have a child by this time next year.” It was June of 2007. July, August and September came and went. No pregnancy. Had we been wrong?
Finally, on November 13, we learned we were pregnant. The doctor declared July 13, 2008 to be the due date. It was close enough for us. God had said June, but we could live with July.
One afternoon, after a long day in court, I was driving home and decided I wanted to buy our coming baby girl her first Bible. I stopped at a bookstore and found the perfect little pink children’s Bible. I bought it. Naturally, I had to buy a matching gift bag and tissue. I was so proud. As I got on the road, I realized I had not turned my phone on after court, so I checked it. I had a voice message, “…my water broke and we’re at the hospital….” The baby was on the way!
Libby Grace was born the next morning at 5:19. It was June 27. She was three weeks early, but God was right on time.
Is there an area of your life where you have been waiting for God to move? Thank Him today that His timing is always perfect!
