Birth

WHEN YOUR CHILD ASKS IF GOD PLANNED THEIR BIRTH . . .

You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body

and knit me together in my mother’s womb.

Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!

Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it.

You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion,

as I was woven together in the dark of the womb.

You saw me before I was born.

Every day of my life was recorded in your book.

Every moment was laid out

before a single day had passed.

WHEN CHILDBIRTH FRIGHTENS YOU . . .

When I am afraid,

I will put my trust in you.

From the ends of the earth,

I cry to you for help

when my heart is overwhelmed.

Lead me to the towering rock of safety.