老餅范

零八年八月二日，我們的第三名小孩子誕生了！

神的創造和心意豈是我們凡人所能猜透？打從太太得知懷孕後，我們經歴了漫長而煩亂的思想鬥爭。最後，我們決定把它留下，免了犯下不可殺人的誡命。

事實上，在這段日子，日子也不太容易去過，我們倆夫妻仍有爭拗，常鬧情緒；始終他不在我們的計劃內，三個小孩子也委實是大負擔，屋子不大，日間工作又透不過氣。可以想像得到這個消息對我們的震撼和影響。

衪的心意和恩典是是夠使用的。衪叫我們順服於這個結果，並給我們平安，又讓我們聽到不少擁有三名子女的父母的見証，也放下一些憂心。

星期五晚綺芬作動，我們匆匆吃過晚飯後入院，七時許便到達威院。這數個小時委實漫長，要等到零時，護士才准許進產房陪產。

我也曾看過心言和心培生產過程，但今次給我最震撼的感覺。綺芬扭曲的面容所表達的痛苦，和牀上的一大攤血跡，叫我說不出話來。 綺芬後來告訴我，當助產士叫她用力推嬰孩出來，她真的想去死了便算。痛苦可想而知。 她又說：若這個孩子是第一胎，她一定不考慮生多一個弟弟或妹妹。

但這就是 神的巧妙安排。小BB的哭聲很響亮，輪廓清楚，眉清目秀，很是可愛。 姊姊心言和哥哥心培也期待着新家庭成員的來臨。 他出生時最重磅，七磅五安士 (3.421kg)，比兩兄姊當時都重！

感謝祢！祢叫我再次經歷生命的誕生，叫我感受到妻子的付出，也叫我要更多的學習、包容、忍耐、和智慧去教養祢親自給我倆的產業。

I won't forget this day, a day full of chaos, busy stuff, anxiety, worry, and last but not all, gratefulness.

Our third member (We haven't decided yet his name!!) joined us at 00:40am. He weighed 3.42kg, the heaviest among his eldest sis and bro. His voice was so great that we, my wife and I, overjoyed for his cry.

Simply by listening to his voice, you're sure he's a boy!! (Probably a choir member in his teenage!)

God's Grace is more than enough. Worry? Of course we do, but upon HIS strength, we're sure we can overcome.

BB's elder sis and bro are also ready for his coming (probably [again] their parents aren't!!). They're anxious to see him.

It's also the first time I have experienced such pain upon delivering a baby. My wife said, if this one was the first, she wouldn't have had the second one. She said, 'never think about it'.

She described the moment when the baby was on the way to join the world, that she really wanted to die.

You can imagine how painful she has had.

Thanks to our Lord. HE protect us, soothe us, love us, and help us make a decision.

I had read several articles about a birth of a new born baby. It has to go through so many stages before delivering a new life to earth. The chance of having a "merge" from a sperm and an egg is so low, then an "automatic protective sysem" will emerge in the mother's embryo, and nothing is gonna deviated. Even a computer cannot make it so "lively and accurate". Then an "merged" cell will divide and break down into several, until the head, a brain, respiratory system, circulation system (with miles of blood vessels and valves), lymph, immune system, central nervous system, and four limbs (usually with 5 fingers exactly), and a reproductive organ (to prepare for the offspring continual in the future)...etc.

Don't you think it is so marvellous and amazing to have all those things, originating from two single cells (with half of genes from the father and mother)!!!

A child is continual of life of the father and mother (all genes come from the parents) but yet, he/she will be different by having different education and training, meeting different people, nurturing in different culture, social background, daily and life experience...

When a child is born to the earth, it cries but the people around laugh; he/she is facing the path to death from the day of the birth; When he/she dies, the people around cry. It will be great if he/she smiles when he/she dies.

So amazing, so natural, but yet, so extraordinary.