I was talking to a dear friend tonight and remarked, “Every day I’m still pregnant is a good day.” I’m sure I’ve said the same thing to many of you, in e-mails and phone calls. I stopped to think about the statement, and I was struck by the fact that it’s a shame it’s taken a life-altering event, pre-term labor, to bring me to this realization. I wish I could have clung to the truth of the statement during the entire pregnancy; such an outlook would have enabled me to be less consumed by anxiety and more open to joy during my first and second trimester. It’s not that I was overly pessimistic during those months – it’s just that I was always worried about something, and I often failed to give God the glory He was due for simply allowing me to carry these two precious lives in the first place.
I pray that the Lord will enable me to carry this feeling of contentment into the coming months and years. I will soon transition, Lord willing, into stating that “Every day I’m a mother is a good day.” Yet…I need to adopt an even more expansive version of this truth. Earthly roles, that of a wife or a mother, or a friend or a daughter, can all cease, and if they do, that does not mean that life ceases from being good – or more importantly, that God ceases from being Good. Truly, every day that He gives us life is a good day. For those individuals who are saved, it is one day closer to being with our Heavenly Father, and one additional day than we can bring Glory to Him. For those who are not saved, it is one more day with the opportunity of accepting Him as their Savior, since there is no guarantee of a future opportunity (James 4:14). I am not being naïve and suggesting that we are to feel happy-go-lucky every day, throwing caution to the wind and kicking up our heels in collective merriment. But I am being convicted that I need to remember that earthly troubles, as well as earthly triumphs, pale in comparison to the reason that we are here in the first place: to bring glory and honor to God. With His help, I pray that I can say – and believe, and manifest in my daily life – that every day is a good day.
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