Gestation faith-9 faithful thoughts

My life has taken a different turn in the last two months and sometimes I feel like I am in a whirlwind of uncertainty, fear, anxiety, and confusion. Whereas I used to be confident about the next step about my life path, I have suddenly found myself surrounded by doubt and a certain sense of callousness toward life. It is a scary feeling because I have never felt this way before. Despite this, I have found myself making decisions that I consider being more based on faith than on the certainties of life. As a result, I have begun a quest of knowing and understanding what faith is, the beautiful thing that kept me going until. .. I lost it.

What is faith? As I thought about my life’s circumstances, I was inspired to share insights on faith from a little book titled ‘Faith Is,’ edited by Pamela Reeve. As a mother-to-be, there are those times you may feel like you are walking through a somewhat dark tunnel. The uncertainty that comes with being a mother is real; coupled with the fear that you may not be the best mother in the world for your unborn baby. It is during such moments that we are called upon to exercise faith … a simple word that yields tremendous results. I share some of these thoughts, in the desire that we will strive to give faith its well deserving room in our minds, which will help take our minds off the unpredictable circumstances within and without us.

Here are nine of the most inspiring thoughts on Faith from “Faith Is’ in tandem with your nine months of gestation. And so for every month, may your faith be stirred up to a whole new level.

Month One: Faith is the convictions of realities I cannot see.
Thought: You are pregnant; believe it or not! What you have been yearning is finally with you! You may not feel the baby move or you may not have the usual pregnancy symptoms, but you are indeed pregnant! You have been honoured with a miracle.

Month Two: Faith is allowing God to straighten the record when false things have been said about me.
Thought: For some of us, we have suffered ridicule because we have been unable to conceive, or have had countless miscarriages. Well, now that you are ‘heavy’ with a miracle, isn’t that God’s way of telling them otherwise?

Month Three: Faith is doing the right thing regardless of the consequences, knowing God will turn the ultimate effect to good.
Thought: You may be carrying an unwanted pregnancy therefore wrestling with thoughts of whether to keep the baby or not; or whether you will love the baby as you should. Whatever the circumstances of your conception, your child was not part of it and they come with their whole sack of blessings. Your shame and hurt are transforming into something beautiful as your nine months’ clock ticks on. God’s heart- beat is souls and you will never regret the decision of accepting to be the custodian of the one He sent your way.

Month Four: Faith is refusing the thinking that God loves and cherishes the popular, attractive and talented more than He loves and cherishes the plain me.
Thought: Hahaha. Big, big lie! You are extremely special and unique. There is only one you that God thinks about, plans for, watches over and even goes ahead to bless with another unique thing- your unborn child. So enjoy being you as you wait the climax of your favour-the EDD.

Month Five: Faith is rejecting the feeling of panic when things seem out of control
Thought: You maybe on bed rest having experienced difficulties in your pregnancy. Rather than panic and worry, talk to the giver of the blessing you are carrying. Gently lay your hand on your tummy and speak life into your baby all the time-such that there is no room for the negative whispers.

Month Six: Faith is expecting God to accomplish miracles-through the insignificant me with my five loaves and two fishes.
Thought: Memories of who you have been may be tainted with lots of inadequacies. But hey! That’s your past. God says, ‘Behold, I am doing a new thing … ‘ starting with that which you are carrying. Reach out to others, who may as well be submerged under the feelings of insignificance, and in your own unique way, help them see otherwise. You will feel better!

Month Seven: Faith is the assurance that God is perfecting His design for me when my life’s course, once a swift-flowing current, seems a stagnant pool.
Thought: You may be feeling stuck, with nothing much happening in your once fast-paced life. But think about the baby growing in your womb. God is definitely at work. The current ‘dormancy’ in your life is actually a molding phase. He is preparing you for the great mothering call ahead.

Month Eight: Faith is remembering, I carry God’s awesome presence into each daily routine encounter when I feel like a dull leaden weight.
Thought: You may not be feeling at your very best in your third trimester, but remember that the weight in you represents one of the greatest miracles of life, reminding each one of us of
God’s presence.

Month Nine: Faith is the dependence of a newborn.
Thought: When you finally hold your baby in your arms and see how much he or she depends on you, you will realize how much we all need to depend on God for our sustainability. As you look forward to having your baby, employ faith. It is what makes sense when everything else doesn’t.

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