Getting Aprehensive

I'm beginning to get apprehensive about labor as the inevitable date approaches. Today in church while singing "How Great Thou Art" the phrase "That on the cross, my burden gladly bearing, He bled and died to take away my sin." things began to come into perspective. If Christ can handle being beaten and hanging on the cross then I should be able to handle the labor pains.

As I thought about the subject more I also realized the pain and agony that occured when God turned his back on his son. This act was far more painful than any of the physical pain he was experiencing. God has promised his children "I will never leave you, nor forsake you". Because God keeps his promises, every one of them, I don't have to experience the abandonment Christ felt. I can walk into this phase of my life knowing the Lord will be with me every step of the way.

Another avenue of reasoning began to develop- how difficult was it for God, righteous and sin free, to see his son take on the sins of the world. I can only imagine how difficult the act of rejecting your child would be, let alone adding the whole spiritual aspect into the mix.