July 18, 2009 - This was my 2^nd day in Austin Texas; Marcus and I were alone cooking in the kitchen. He blurted out “Mom, if everything has gone normal, you would have become a grandmother already.” Keeping my composure (God was holding back my tears because I am the emotional type that cry even at Disney movies) I responded calmly by saying God has different plans for different families.

They have married for seven years. For a long time they were not able to conceive, so this is good news. However because of the drug, Tamoxifen, that Jocelin was recommended to take for five years, they were advised not to get pregnant during this period of time. From animal studies it has been suggested that the use of tamoxifen during pregnancy can cause harm to the fetus, so you can see my concern.

Jocelin has been on Tamoxifen for two years and of course she has stopped taking it for the time being. They told us their obstetrician has worked with quite a few pregnant ladies who had breast cancer before and that’s good to know.

Everyone wants to have a healthy baby. Our God, if it is in His will, can definitely overrule medical findings/statistics because He is omnipotent but as Christians I have to take God’s word seriously. Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” and the familiar verse, II Corinthians 12:9 “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” are all His precious promises to us, His children. Our God is sovereign and He is in control of everything. He definitely knows what’s going on in our lives and what’s best for us.

In addition to His powerful and assuring words something amazing happened.

I have been helping out with a Bible Study for several years and as usual we started the new term in September 2009. Besides the weekly class there is a monthly fellowship where the ladies in the group stay behind after class to share their spiritual walk to encourage one another and to give glory to God. On Sept 24, my very first fellowship with this new group, I was completely in awe of our omnipresent, omnipotent and omniscient God.

Never in any of my fellowships in all these years had any lady talked about children or grandchildren but that day I was surrounded by angels...

The first lady said she was thankful because many of the young couples in Hong Kong chose not to have children but her sons and daughters gave her five grandchildren.

The second lady said in an affirming tone that God is always faithful and merciful. The day her daughter went to confirm her pregnancy at the doctor’s office she was also diagnosed with thyroid cancer. They were in total shock. It was also the year when Hong Kong had the pandemic SARS and everything, especially doctors’ offices and hospitals, were under high alert. To make the story short God carried them through the cancer surgery, the delivery and the baby came out healthy and mother was fine.

No one in that room knew anything about Jocelin’s pregnancy. Can you imagine what’s going through my mind as I listened to her sharing? I almost couldn’t contain myself because inside I was bursting with praises and singing halleluiah for such timely, comforting message. Isn’t our God awesome? And that’s not all.

Immediately the third lady raised (not exaggerating) her hand and wow, another important message for me. She wanted to have a second child but failed to conceive. Then they decided to try the IVF (In Vitro Fertilization) method; still no success after many attempts. She finally realized that life is from God not from man. No more scientific intervention but let God’s will be done. Half a year later she got pregnant.

Frequently we use the term “accident” when the pregnancy is not planned but with God there is no accident or coincident. God is the creator of life. What’s inside Jocelin’s womb is a life from God, a divine intervention. I could not ask for timelier, appropriate, tailored made sharing than these, could I? All I could do was humbly bowed before God for his boundless love, unceasing care and everlasting faithfulness.

I thank God for this opportunity to experience Him in a much deeper way than before.

Of course I still solicit your prayers that

1. God’s willing with His mercy, grace and love to grant M & J a smooth pregnancy, delivery and a healthy baby.
2. Jocelin to remain healthy despite stopping the daily dose of Tamoxifen
3. M & J, The Chang family and the Hsia family all have an obedient heart to accept whatever God will in store for us

Thank you for all your support and God has indeed given me the peace that surpasses all understanding.

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