Friday, May 18, 2007
God's Gift
I have just visited my cousin sister who gave birth to a baby boy named the same name as my son! Well, the baby had jaundice and they were in and out of the hospital for weeks. I guess my cousin was not prepared for the challenged to take care of a baby. She looks tired but probably happy and proud. The baby have birth mark on both eye lids which the doctor says may go away once the boy reach one year old. I do pray it does. This makes me wonder, people says the newborn is God's gift to a parent. But why are there conditions attached. Some people give birth to perfectly healthy baby but some are not. Some baby are born with defects that will affect them for the rest of their life? How do we explain that? Is it something we do in the past(that might caught up with us)? Is it Gods way to teach us about life? I wonder?
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I come to you via the crazy horsechief. When our daughter was diagnosed with having a syndrome, I learnt some valuable lessons. What makes us decide what is a 'perfect' or 'normal' child? All of us surely are tainted- because we are born in a sinful world. We are not born without sin. God gives us a child as a gift and we simply accept the gift into our hearts and home. We should not place our unfulfilled dreams onto our expectations for our children. We must set them free. They are not ours. They are God's children.
Well said, So are we being punished or the child being punished? Would it be fair for the child to bear the our sin?
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