DAVEH:� I must applaud you, DavidM......Well done!!! David Miller wrote:
> 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. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dave Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.langlitz.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you wish to receive things I find interesting, I maintain Five email lists... JOKESTER, OPINIONS, LDS, STUFF and MOTORCYCLE. � ---------- "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.
