[DMCForum] Re: God Squad

["ryanpwright" <yahoo1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>> He knows the car has engine because it runs.
>> There is empirical evidence that these parts exist. There is no 
>> empirical evidence a god exists.

Perhaps not for you, but there is for me. 

Warning, long story:

I've never liked babies, and I merely tolerated children. Been that
way all my life. We had our first baby primarily because my wife
wanted one. I loved her and took great care of her, of course, but I
couldn't stand the baby things. The drool, the diapers, the childish
behaviors that 2 year olds exhibit. They drove me nuts.

I was not going to have another baby. Not ever. My wife would just
have to be happy with one. I was an only child and turned out fine, so
that was it.

Fast forward 5 years to early January, 2002. I've been a Christian for
a year or two (or three? I forget). Going to church, praying, etc. A
baby Christian, weak in my faith, but a Christian nonetheless. My wife
ends up 2 weeks late on her, err, "cycle." Then 3 weeks, then 4. Shit:
Another baby. I don't want another baby. I hate babies. I got down on
my knees and begged, pleaded with God, "Please don't make me have
another baby. Please oh please oh please, get me out of this. Somehow,
get me out of this. If it's your will that I have another baby, I
will, but please not now. Maybe in ten more years. I don't want to
deal with this now."

He let me off the hook: No baby. All that female stuff went back to
normal a week later. Now, you're thinking, "Coincidence." I thought so
too, until almost a year later. November '02. I found myself wanting a
baby. Really, honestly wanting one. My wife never put any pressure on
me about it. Never said a word, in fact. I just wanted one. I couldn't
believe it. Me? A baby? I hated babies.

God had changed my heart. My son was born in September '03. I love him
a lot. I love the drool, the diapers, and the childish behaviors. I
enjoy children now. My relationship with my firstborn, who is now 7,
is ten times stronger than it was before. My entire outlook on life as
it relates to children has been turned upside down. 

That's proof. I know it doesn't seem like proof to you, but that's
because you aren't me. You don't know how dead set I was against any
more children nor how quickly and dramatically that changed. Imagine
if you prayed and a year later found yourself being baptized in a
church of your own free will. You can't imagine it because it seems
impossible that you would ever do such a thing. That's how I was about
having another child. The transformation of my feelings on this matter
was nothing short of a miricle, and fit together perfectly with my
prayer earlier that year.

-Ryan

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