A story written by my lovely wife, Tracy.
Gene and I had tried to have a child, but there were SEVEN medical issues between us — any one of which would have prevented a pregnancy naturally. We tried medical intervention without success. But then I did become pregnant naturally… and I lost the baby (tests showed our baby was a girl with Downs Syndrome). God very gently but clearly spoke to my heart, saying that although I’d asked Him to bring us a child and to direct us to the right doctor to help, I had placed more faith in medical science than in Him. Somewhere along the way, I had forgotten that He is GOD, and that He could do ANYTHING He wanted to do. “Medical issues” meant nothing to Him, and He had just proven that by creating a life in MY womb. But He took that child away because that wasn’t the child He planned for me to raise. See, I should have just trusted Him and stopped my prayer at, “Lord, please give me a child. Period.” So, there we were — a couple still longing to be parents.
There she was — a woman with an unplanned pregnancy and no means to care for the child God had created in her womb. She had had an abortion once, and it haunted her. She told us when she became pregnant again, she felt God was giving her a second chance to do the right thing. She told us that she always knew that the child she carried was not meant for her. In talking to her, we learned that she was always intent on giving her child four things — LIFE, a mama, a daddy, and Jesus (she told us she chose us to be her child’s parents because she knew we would raise her in church and help her to know Jesus).
God could have made us parents without using another woman. But that other woman needed to know that God forgave her for her prior abortion. By entrusting her with another life, He showed her that. I needed to have my eyes redirected back on the true Creator of Life, trusting Him to create just the perfect child for ME — and to deliver that child to me in just the perfect way.
God had plans — perfect plans — and His plans turned all our eyes to Him.
When she watched us holding the child that she had grown, delivered, and literally placed into our arms, she told one of the ladies from the adoption agency, “Look how happy they are! I couldn’t take her back even if I wanted to!” It made her feel so happy to have helped to create a family.
Indeed, she made us happier than we’ve ever been, and we can never thank her enough for the incredible GIFT she gave us. Abigail is an absolute BLESSING to our family and anyone she encounters. She is funny, smart, spunky, thoughtful, prayerful, friendly, loving, and kind. This world is a better place with her here, and we are humbly honored that God and her birthmother entrusted her to us!
I am forever grateful that Abigail’s birthmother chose LIFE for her child. Without her trusting that God created that life for a reason, our family would not exist.
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