Beyond Human Power
 

In God's house there may be delay, but never darkness. But years back, in our house and in our hearts there was darkness. Even after 12 years of marriage, we did not have a child and that was because we kept Jesus out of our lives. We had lost him but he never lost us. He was with us through all those years of pain, anxiety and humility. Today we thank God for being childless for all those years. If we had a baby earlier, probably we would have not known Jesus at all.

In 1989, when my wife Cloephas conceived we were in utter bliss. But our joy lasted for only ten weeks. Cleophas had a miscarriage. A cyst as big as an apple was discovered on her uterus and needed surgery. Though a later scan revealed the cyst had disappeared due to our prayers the doctor said a small cut was necessary to prevent future miscarriages. But it was a blunder for heavy adhesions were formed and the whole productive system had got stuck to the stomach. Normal conception was completely out of question.

We tried to have a test-tube baby but failed. We were on the verge of succumbing to a temptation to accept "prasad" and go to temples. But a retreat under Fr Gino brought us back to our senses. Three more years went by plunging us deeper into despair. And then when all human help failed we turned to Jesus through a retreat at Divine in 1995. Though it was announced that Jesus would bless us with a child soon, we had to wait for one year more when we finally got a baby .In April 1997 the doctor asked Cleophas, "Tell me in the first place how you conceived. Your fallopian tubes had become attached to the stomach." Was there anything impossible to the God we believe in! How can we thank and praise you enough Jesus!
 

"What gives life is God's spirit and man has no power over it." (Jn 6:63)
 
A P Gracias,
Dubal, Dubai