On many occasions I have mentioned Noah, Julie, and Magdalena Roberts. In case you have forgotten, they are the couple whose baby was born with T18. I have been following their blog since the summer when the diagnosis was made. It has been an inspiration to me and hundreds if not thousands of others on how well they have dealt with each and every trial, setback, and rejoiced in every accomplishment.
In her latest blog entries, Julie has told us about the weakness of Magdalena's heart. There have been many decisions to make in regards to her health and daily care. Some have been just down right tough. Julie has acknowledged many times that she knows that she and Noah have a God determined time with their little girl, but one comment today struck me. Julie wrote, "For a little bit of time I forgot she was sick, and I really began to think that she had become one of the less than 5% of T18 babies that make it to their first birthday. However, the cardiologist appointment has brought us back to the reality of how weak her heart is, and although I want her as long as possible I am praying that God will grant her comfort before my selfishness."
I am sitting here now rolling that last phrase over and over in my head, "...her comfort before my selfishness". I know she doesn't make that statement lightly, but it is the statement that comes from the heart of a mother that loves her daughter more than life itself.
I think that is what I was trying to get across in my last post. The harm done to children like, murder, abortion, sexual abuse, physical abuse, divorce, abduction, all are born from a heart of selfishness.
We don't want to, we cannot, we will not, let this little life change us or our lifestyle, but change us it will. Jesus placed importance on the lives of children. He showed us that they have value not only to Him and the Kingdom of God, but to us (society) as well. In the Old Testament, God instructs us to teach our children his ways so that our grandchildren and the generations to follow will ascribe to his teachings and ways. Here is where we have failed and are reaping the generations that are easily swayed to accept contrary teachings.
Months ago, Noah and Julie were faced with a decision. The diagnosis of T18 by medical calculations, is certain death. It is not a matter of if but when. Wouldn't it have been easier for them if Magdalena had not beaten the odds and never had been born? Could they have decided to terminate the pregnancy, based on medical facts, been able to justify the termination to themselves and to others? Sure. Some would have said that carrying the baby to term was an act of selfishness, but they resolved, and rightly so, to believe that this precious little life is not what they created but was God's creation and is perfect in his sight and his purpose.
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