Nothing underscores the urgency of...
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Nothing underscores the urgency of time like a woman in labor. Countless stories have been told of women delivering their children in taxi cabs, restaurants, lobbies of hotels -- all manner of places. When the time is fully come, nothing can stop it.
A schoolteacher shares this story from her pregnancy: She was sitting in story circle with her third grade children when her water broke (a full two weeks early). Calmly she instructed one of her students to go to the principal's office and tell her, "Ms. Smith needs help."
The principal quickly came, assessed the situation, and ran to get her car around to the front door and have Ms. Smith's husband informed. By the time she had the car ready, it was apparent that Ms. Smith was not going to make it to the hospital, which was in the next town, 20 miles away. Luckily, a public health nurse was in the school administering booster shots that morning.
Ms. Smith delivered her first child, a daughter, on a sofa in the staff room, after a grand total of 20 minutes of labor.
When the time had fully come, God sent Jesus. When the time had fully come, Mary delivered her son in the closest facility she could find -- a barn.
A schoolteacher shares this story from her pregnancy: She was sitting in story circle with her third grade children when her water broke (a full two weeks early). Calmly she instructed one of her students to go to the principal's office and tell her, "Ms. Smith needs help."
The principal quickly came, assessed the situation, and ran to get her car around to the front door and have Ms. Smith's husband informed. By the time she had the car ready, it was apparent that Ms. Smith was not going to make it to the hospital, which was in the next town, 20 miles away. Luckily, a public health nurse was in the school administering booster shots that morning.
Ms. Smith delivered her first child, a daughter, on a sofa in the staff room, after a grand total of 20 minutes of labor.
When the time had fully come, God sent Jesus. When the time had fully come, Mary delivered her son in the closest facility she could find -- a barn.
