“I see stories of people calling this a miracle and a blessing. The real story is a woman abandoning her baby..”
The real story, IMHO... is a woman who ignored all societal pressure to “rid herself of a burden”. The real story is that she chose to carry this precious child and probably delivered this innocent life on her own. The real story is that in her darkest hour of uncertainty, she chose God’s house to place her child.. knowing he would be found and taken care of. My hope and prayers for this child is that a loving family be chosen to parent and raise him.... to see him as a true blessing.
I could not have said it any better
My wife works at two Parishes as DRE/Youth Minister. As you would expect, she has to handle counseling for when a teen gets pregnant. She always starts her teen/parent session with “A baby is always a blessing, sometimes the timing is just not right.” Never fails to set everyone at ease and helps put things in the right perspective. In this case, which you so beautifully commented on in your post, the mother of the child still found solace in that special day 2000 years ago when Joy came back into the world.
A lovely and loving post.