Izzy wrote: > BTW, David, I'm pretty amazed that you have > delivered your own babies! Do you have any > helpers? (Caroline is one BRAVE woman!)
No helpers; just Caroline, me, and the Spirit of Christ. Caroline tends to be a private person, so she prefers it this way. When our second child was coming along, we had a mid-wife who had met with us for one or two prenatal visits, then called us and told us that things were just not clicking between us and she thought we should find someone else to assist with the delivery. The Lord all along was leading me toward delivering our children myself, but I was a little too chicken. I had never heard of anyone doing that, and I was already in hot water with some family members for the degree to which I trusted the Lord for health and healing. I thought this would get me completely disowned. Anyway, in struggling with this direction of the Lord, I read a book called "Born in Zion" by Carol Balizet, and it opened my eyes to my authority in my household and how I should not be giving my authority over to a stranger for the delivery of my children. She had an entire ministry geared toward this, where she helped hundreds upon hundreds experience home deliveries with no licensed medical attendants. The court system actually had prosecuted her for practicing medicine without a license, but because she did not actually deliver any babies, but simply prayed in the other room while the father delivered it, they lost their case against her. Well, anyway, I believed her message and what the Lord was directly leading us to do, and the result has been more wonderful than I can express with words. We would not do it any other way. There is no going back. Childbirth for us is a wonderful, spiritual experience on the same level as baptism in the Spirit, communion, marriage, etc. A new life is coming forth into the world, about to be named and consecrated unto the Lord. We approach the event in worshipful rest, with no eagerness to have it happen before it is time. There are no doctors or nurses yelling "PUSH! PUSH!." Nobody is being inconvenienced by the event. It is the most wonderful worship experience ever. We also have found it is a way to painless childbirth, a side effect of the simplicity, trust, faith, and worship surrounding it. I wish everyone could experience what this is like. Peace be with you. David Miller, Beverly Hills, Florida. ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
