Our daughter Hannah was born last Sunday morning, on Father's Day. A big factor in choosing that name, is what it means. Hannah, means "grace". We did not know what would come, Lord willing, whether it would be a boy or a girl. Isaiah would have been the name if the child was a boy (meaning God is Salvation), and Hannah the name if a girl (grace). A similar theme, I think.
Grace! That's definitely what the labor experience with Hannah was, and has been. After the experience with Micah (83 hours of labor, with marginal sleep), the perfect word for this labor is "grace". Micah means "Who is like the Lord," and there were definitely times where we were ready to give up, and had to have the faith to rely on WHO the Lord is, despite our pains, throughout that time.
Hannah, though, came with grace. She came with everything we wanted, so far as we can tell. She came from beginning of contractions to delivery, in about 5.5 hours, at home, and with no complications. Not only that, but when Shanda gave birth (whenever that would have been), I had plans with work to have the following week off. What a beautiful week to have off work it has been! It's the nicest it's been all year--sunny and warm. It's allowing me to get some things done around the house and help Shanda get adjusted in the best way possible. I'm going to go outside and work on the trailer here in a little bit. And not to be forgotten, the night Shanda went into labor was a night Micah just happened to be spending the night at grandma and grandpa's, so we knew he was being taken care of while we prepared to deliver a baby. GRACE!
Furthermore, it is our prayer that Micah would in some special way cause others to say, "Who is like the Lord!?", and Hannah would cause others to glorify Him for His grace. And, I believe God has plans to fulfill that. We're excited to see just how He will.
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