Praise God for mothers! This Sunday we recognize and celebrate the special role that God assigned to all mothers and highlight this crucial individual in all of our lives. Not a single one of us is alive today without her love and sacrifice in caring for us for nine months inside her body and usually many years outside of it as well.
According to some scientists, however, that may eventually change. One such prophet predicted that 1000 years from now, clinics will unite sperm and egg, and parents will come later to “pick up the kid.” Such statements not only overestimate scientific advancement, but they are also very safe since the forecasters won’t be around to be disproven.
God made mothers for many reasons, but it all begins with pregnancy and delivery. In fact, God designed the female body to fulfill these incredibly complex functions which sometimes even compete against each other. Although problems in childbirth do occur, the overwhelming incidence of successful deliveries glorifies the wise Engineer who designed it all.
A females’ pelvis is much wider than a male’s which facilitates birthing. In addition, a fibrous joint in the front of it softens during pregnancy that further enlarges the birth canal to allow a baby’s head to eventually pass through. God also perfectly designed the infant’s skull by keeping it somewhat flexible until after birth. If all these pieces weren’t present, no live birth would be possible except by Caesarean.
The complex interaction between the placenta and the various hormones it produces to facilitate pregnancy and delivery is also miraculous. One of those hormones suppresses premature labor while it simultaneously strengthens the pelvic muscles that will be needed when labor does occur.
The placenta also nourishes the baby providing both oxygen and energy for the incredible growth that takes place in nine short months as he or she develops from a single cell into a whopping 6-9 pound child.
This process is not without effect on the mother’s body, however, as she endures difficulty sleeping, sitting, and eating. Many also experience morning sickness as their body incubates the developing child. Ultimately, most endure intense pain during the actual delivery process but consider it a small price to pay for their precious new baby.
The largest muscle in the human female is her uterus that exerts 30-60 pounds of force during contractions. In their book, You Having A Baby, authors Michael Roizen and Mehmet Oz tell expectant mothers, “Delivering a baby is exactly what your body is designed to do—and it will do so instinctively.”
While evolutionists prattle about regarding human formation, they fail to describe how all of these amazing “coincidences” of interaction occur to make human birth possible. Nor can they explain how two very different and unique sexes ever developed in the first place. It’s preposterous enough to believe that either arose by undirected chance, but for randomness to produce two radically different bodies that complement each other so completely is patently insane. Far more faith is required to believe such a theory than in an all wise God creating us the way He did.
Although I’ve never carried and delivered a child, I understand from those who have that it is an indescribable feeling. To have a completely new human being grow inside of you must be awesome indeed. For everything to happen that needs to happen in that short time and in proper order verifies the Psalmist’s exclamation that we are, “fearfully and wonderfully made.” Having witnessed the births of my own children, no other word but miracle describes it.
So we thank God for designing a mother’s body as He has but also for fashioning her heart that then nurtures and cares for her son or daughter over the coming years, making sacrifices, working hard, and shedding tears to prepare that child to eventually leave her. As we contemplate the incredible gift of mothers, let’s honor them on Sunday and thank the God who created them for us.
In Jesus, George