the Discovery Health. Good program!

I was just surfing the channels of my new digital SCV box using the guide to see the schedule for the various channels for today and i ended up with ch 70 - Discovery Health.

The title "A story of a baby: from maternity to baby" somehow just caught my attention. The show just started so i got to know the whole story. It was about a couple - Joe and Darlene - who already had plans to have children even before they were married. However, doctors told them that their chances were really slim.. told the man that 'he had higher chances of winning the lottery that getting his wife pregnant' cos of his low sperm count. That was really demoralizing for them. However, the best thing was, their faith held them up. They were Christians in the International Church in New Jersey and they prayed fervently about their situation. By the grace of God, Darlene was pregnant with Jacob. Darlene didn't know that it was that easy - a simple prayer. Apparently they have just proven the doctors wrong. They kept praising God and calling it truely a blessing that they've got Jacob. The thing was, they didn't want to know the sex of the baby (of Jacob) and just wanted it to be a surprise cos they said, 'If not, it would be like wrapping up a present in transparent paper. It'll just spoilt the fun!' So they just tried to find both girl and boy names, but they couldn't find a girl name at all. They didn't realise that it was a sign. Until Darlene was expecting their second..

YES! Twice in a row! (actually before this, Darlene had a miscarriage but their faith held them strong again, empowering Darlene to say that 'It's entirely up to God. He is the One who decides whether we'll have kids or not. If He doesn't want us to have a baby now, He'll give them a baby later. And now, once again,) they've proven science wrong! and Darlene didn't expect it to be so fast. They were praying hard for a girl to complete their perfect picture - daddy's girl and mama's boy.. They still didn't know the sex of the child and started searching for both names again. This time, they really couldn't think of a boy's name.. Darlene loved 'Isabella' and Joe loved 'Gabriella'. Then Joe thought.."This could be another sign.." True enough! Gabriella was born that blessed day and Joe had tears of blissfulness in his eyes the moment he held her in his hands.. aiyoh... i see also started to tear.. so nice!!

This show alone just reminded me of how REAL God is. If you guys have been reading my blog and have not sensed God's presence in my life, I pray that the Holy Spirit may one day touch your heart in a different way. Just tonight, after my polo training, i had to rush down all the way back to NUS central library just to (hopefully) borrow one book needed for tmr's tutorial. This book was in high demand this afternoon cos it's a compulsory reading and our anal lecturer has been nagging at us to read it. To cut the long story short, the chances of me getting the book was slim cos someone might have borrowed it for the night (like what i planned to do) so i prayed really hard in my van on the way there. at 8 mins before library closed, I checked the online system and the book was availablE!! dashed to the counter, the lady showed compassion for me (saw me panting with the RBR slip in my hand - haven't even written the book's title!) and said that actually the lib closed 45min ago but she'll help me this once..

Did you SEE the grace of God opening the doors for me?? He has done this for me countless times before.. in my times of need. wha. after i had this episode, then i watched the Discovery Health show.. i just KNEW for sure (a re-confirmation) that God is real man. It can't be a coincidence. NOTHING is coincidental in this world. There are no accidents. YOU, in this world, for example, are not an accident. Got that from the 'Purpose-Driven Life' book that i did with my Care Group before.

anyway, ... sigh. I just wanna praise... and thank God.