give me Grace, I pray

while my DBA report is in the throes of birth pains, somewhere else far yet near is also moving through the momentous tunnel of dimension and time into a fresh new life...

God, I pray for strength to the mother and father,
I pray for your safe delivery of this precious bundle of new life,
that You have chosen to give to us,
to love, grow, cherish...
and be the reflection of all that we are now, tomorrow.
Amen.

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Prayer is answered when you welcome everything.
Loss fertilizes the ground for gain.
Everything that comes to you is a portion of the answer to that prayer.
Bring your prayers to the Prayer Chest, my son, and all
that you ask shall be answered one by one... (The Prayer Chest, 2007)