Birgitta has been abundantly blessed by others who have supplied all she’ll need to get started mothering her baby girl. She’s completely ready.

Cousin Emily sent 8 monster-sized bins of goodies, along with a stroller, car seat, exer-saucer, play mat, and lots more. Birgitta’s work cohorts surprised her with a luncheon at Redamak’s Restaurant, showering her with added gifts, and last weekend another group pooled their resources to buy her a leather-look glider-rocker with matching ottoman.

Though Baby Nyman isn’t here yet, her mommy is ready.

Now, 2 days from her due date, Birgitta wakes up each morning wondering, “Is today the day?” But that’s a secret God is still keeping. Astoundingly, he’s kept it for a long, long time, from even before he’d made the first human. Way back then, though, he already knew Birgitta’s daughter.

Something else mind-boggling is that this little girl will, herself, be looking for God. Part of his forming her has been to shape her heart and mind to feel a need for him, a kind of mysterious awareness of her Creator that God tucks into each one of us before we’re born. Some people call it a God-shaped vacuum. Whatever it is, it’s an innate sense of things eternal.

I don’t pretend to understand all this. Scripture says, “God has planted eternity in the human heart,” but right after that it says, “Even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God’s work from beginning to end.”

I’m glad that was added, because it relieves the stress of trying to make sense of everything God says. He’s ok with us just believing it’s true because it’s coming from him. That’s good enough.

Neither Birgitta nor I understand all that’s happened within the heart and soul of her unborn child, and I’m thankful God has taken responsibility for it. By comparison to what he’s been doing, her preparation has been easy. It started with a list and ended when each item was checked off:

1. The room has been redecorated and reorganized.
2. The clothes are in the drawers.
3. The hospital bag is packed.
4. The diapers are stacked next to the wipes.
5. The car seat is in the car.
6. And the bassinet is empty, ready for its occupant.

But better than all that motherly readiness is that God is ready… well, at least 99.9%. As Birgitta testified in her blog post (A Word from Birgitta), her little girl is part of an “intentional and purposeful design set into place by an omniscient Creator.” And part of his intention is to keep the baby inside the mommy until he’s 100% finished with his pre-birth preparations of this little one.

When he’s ready, Birgitta will get a look at what’s he’s been up to during the last 9 months…. and will meet her baby.

“You saw me before I was born. You knit me together in my mother’s womb.” (Psalm 139:16,13)