BIRTHDAYS

In our family, birthdays are special weeklong events! This has been a tradition for several decades now, and it is such a privilege and an honor to celebrate another year of life each year. Each day for an entire week there are notes of encouragement and “heart” gifts that just “appear” to celebrate the birth of a beautiful life.

Being conceived and born is a miracle beyond anything the human brain can even fathom. To conceive a child is actually a very complicated, intricate process. General statistics reveal the complicated process to conceive life is met with innumerable obstacles. There is only a small window of time to conceive and biological conditions must be optimum—an egg is only available for 24 hours. Once the embryo is formed, cell division and implantation take about 6 days. It is believed that only 50% of fertilized eggs actually implant. Of these, the chance of miscarriage in the first trimester is thought to be as high as 20%--with many being “unnoticed.” So, being born…having a BIRTHday is truly a miracle!

These scriptures remind us of this great gift of life:

Jeremiah 1:5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart…”

Psalm 139:16 “Your eyes saw my unformed body, all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.”

If you are reading this, not only have you experienced the miracle of being born, you also have the miraculous opportunity to be “born again”…not by entering the womb, but by receiving the free gift of salvation. Not one gift, but two gifts...the gift of life itself and the gift of eternal life if we choose to accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior of our lives by believing that Jesus died for our sins and accepting Him as Lord of our lives.

John 3:3   Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

Celebrating BIRTH times two with an

ETERNAL perspective!

 

 

 

Copyright 2013 Dr. Donna Earl Bridges