Rachel went to the doctor yesterday morning for a routine visit, and she was measuring small, so they scheduled an ultrasound in the afternoon to make sure fluid levels were fine. (They were. Everything is good. There is 4lb 8 oz of healthy & active baby in there.)
With every doctor appointment, there is always the chance that they could tell you that you're headed over to the hospital next to have a baby. Had the fluid levels been extremely low, they could have sent us to deliver yesterday or today. I doubt they would have done that, but they might have.
Which means that all our plans for the next few weeks would have been out the window.
When we make plans, we often forget this fact. We have to, in a way, or else we'd be paralyzed by the reality that we have no idea what today or tomorrow holds. We'd be afraid of ever scheduling anything.
But it's probably healthy to hold onto the reality that God is completely in control. We go forward in faith, trusting him, aware that we live and move and have our being in his hand. Today is a gift for which we ought to be grateful, and we would be wise to let our gratitude show, to remind ourselves that life belongs to God, and he has given it to us for a purpose, and we should live life like the gift that it is.
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