If you don't know my wife, Gina, I hope you one day get to meet her. For most of you who are reading this, you follow our blog because you know us, so I probably will be telling you much about Gina that you already know, but I'm going to anyway.
She is a rock! Her love and kindness for others, the peace with which she carries herself, all are part of what makes her so great! The way she handled 4 mths of sickness during this pregnancy, all with such grace was a "light" to many, teaching us all to just trust God's ways. As I got to walk the path of delivery with her on Tuesday, I was just reminded of how lucky I am to be her husband, to have been connected with her back in college and to have had the privilege to be her man now for around 19 years (I include the dating years...). I remember when she gave birth to our first, the rock that she was then, and almost 15 years later, nothing has changed. As the pain hit harder and harder, she just prayed harder and harder and was talking to Jesus the whole way through. I loved the way that in the midst of her pain she was being a testimony to everyone around her in the delivery room, showing them that God is her strength and that He is an ever-present help in her life. Now, as I type, I look over at our bed and see her and baby Cruz, sleeping peacefully together it reminds me of what a tender mommy she is. She really is just incredible!!! Anyhow, this is a feeble attempt to describe an indescribable woman, so I will now close. Gina - you are a rock and you rock! I can't believe you've (we've) done it again! Here's to raising up one more to follow Jesus with all his heart, radically.
I love you!
That is really amazing. I loved reading about watching your wife's pregnancy and birth from the man's perspective. It is amazing that you recognize her strength in the midst of it all. Praise God that she was able to look to her ROCK during her labor. How amazing. I believe that Jesus was holding me my entire labor, and it was such a close spiritual experience between my husband and I, and the Lord. How neat to not even know you and get that precious sneak peek into the birth of your son. I hope to meet your wife some day.
ReplyDeleteHere is my blog on birth and other parenting things...
amindfulparent.wordpress.com
Mark,
ReplyDeleteI hope to meet your wife and yourself someday. Cruz has a special birth-date...it's the same as mine - mine was just a few years earlier :).
Thanks for sharing such beautiful thoughts about your wife's experience. My wife also was a special example of rock solid faith during the birth of all three of our children. She kept her eyes on Jesus for both herself and the baby.
I look forward to seeing more thoughts on MarriageWorks.