So last time we talked, I was throwing around the idea of having a 4th kid.

Welcome to the world Clay Porter Cartrite! Ha! Born 3 weeks ago. Solves that huh?

So as I was changing our beloved little 4th baby’s diaper, I was talking to him to calm him down. Telling him what his name is. What my name is. And it dawned on me to tell him where he’s been the past 9 months. In my belly! I know that and you know that. But it occurred to me that he may not know that. He didn’t see what we see or know what we know.

Do babies know where they are when they’re in the womb? Isn’t it funny to think about how we may just assume they know where they came from?

And now I’m wondering how much of that translates to our life here on this earth. When we are finally born again into the resurrection…arriving at the new kingdom…what if God greeted us with,

 “My child! Welcome to the new life! The place your family lives! You’ve been in my womb, patiently growing until the right time to be born again. I’ve held you this entire time! That’s why my voice sounds so familiar and you recognize my heartbeat. That’s what soothes you and what soothed you then. You may not have known that you were held by me the entire time you were in your previous state, but that’s exactly where you were. You were in me and I in you.” 

What if that’s true right now in my today? I am not alone, I am in fact, in a type of womb…the womb of God before the 2nd birth. What awe at the idea that there’s a reality we don’t see or know yet in this life. That is very real and very true, just unseen by us in a tangible sort of way for right now. A reality more real than now, one that we’re simply asked to believe is there. Like in fairytales or something. Is this where they got it from? 

Do you believe in heaven rather than do you believe in never never land? Do you believe in God rather than do you believe in fairy godmothers? In angels rather than fairies? What if I sparked this kind of exciting, inspiring magic in my children, just about the new kingdom instead of Disney? 

(Ok I won’t go there…we all know I have a problem with Disney.)

I grant you, this illustration of being in a type of womb belonging to God Almighty is bizarre and not for everyone. But I was quite stunned and encouraged at the thought of it. 

Ok! That’s all! Newborn season with 3 other toddlers yelling at me from across the house. How does one get them to not yell for you across the house??? 

Maybe I’ll have a report on that one next time. 

Cheerio.