I knew a woman from my mothers group wanted to have more
children and that she and her husband had to do IVF for the first pregnancy.
Their little girl was born at only 28 weeks. One day after church I felt a
prompting to ask her if she would like me to pray for them as they tried to
conceive.
They are not believers. She was amazed I asked to pray as they had only just had
the conversation about trying again. I began to pray for them. After a little
while they booked in to start another round of IVF but when they did the check
they found out she was already two days pregnant! I cried I was so happy to
hear God's answer to my prayers!
As the pregnancy went on she began to feel
anxious that this baby would be premature too. As it drew closer to 24 weeks she
became more anxious and even had some scary symptoms and needed to be
monitored. Again, I offered to pray for her and she accepted. Incredibly, the
baby was born full term. She had some medical help along the way but I have
no doubt God has a special plan for this little boy.
It was so wonderful for
me to be involved in her journey. Praying was one little thing I could do to
invest into her and when she received her joy, it was mine also. How
wonderful to watch God at work.