Unlikely Hero

Greetings and good day to you all,

As I write, recognizing I have no power on my own, I have to acknowledge the One that has all power, and that is God. It is in His name I write, and it is with His spirit that I hope and I pray I touch someone with what He allows me to share.

Today, I wanted to talk about an unlikely hero. A woman that would not necessarily classify herself as some one that others would look up to. It is so unlikely that this individual would be the one that God would use to help someone else improve their situation, that if you would have told her 10 or even 20 years ago that this was her fate, she would have disagreed. I am going to commence to tell the story of this unusual set of circumstances that propel our heroin on the path that she is on today.

It all began in a big bustling town call Chicago, IL in the year of 1973. A beautiful princess met her 'knight in shining armor', so she thought. She met a man that would save her day and remove her from the life that she so desperately dreaded. They fell in .... I can't say love, because neither of the two had ever experienced that. I can only say that they were addicted to each other. So addicted that the only thing they had in common was physical attraction. The princess, who didn't know she was a princess, and the prince who unfortunately did not act charming, consummated their arrangement with the intent on starting a business together and joining forces to make as much money as possible. And like all relationships that are build on such shallow premises, it failed, and at the end the princess was with child and the prince wanted nothing to do with her. Devastated, she gave him several ultimatums, but the prince could care less because, like her, their were other princesses willing and ready to give themselves to him. So the prince abandoned the traumatized princess, and she did not live happily ever after.

Months passed and the princess' stomach grew larger and larger. She had prayed to God to allow her to carry this baby to term. She begged God fervently to help her get through this emotionally painful ordeal. The princess had been with child on several other occasions, but could not seem to bring one to term. This was her 9th pregnancy, and she vowed to God that if He would so oblige, she would do right by this child this time. Time passed, and her belly grew even larger, but it was unusually large. So large, that she could barely walk down the street without someone trying to help her out. She went to the doctor, and, low and behold, found out some unexpected news... She was carrying twins, two babies at one time! She thought to herself, "Maybe if I tell the prince that it was two babies, instead of one, he would come back and we may possibly start a family." But the prince had other plans, and sister princess was not in them.

So, again, she prayed, and again, she waited for the day to bring her babies into the world. September 23 came and she started feeling some different commotion in her large belly. "Was it time?" she thought. "Could this be it?!" she exclaimed. Although the prince was not there, her mother the Queen was. And the Queen had already been prepared for what was in her daughter's womb. God had told the Queen about the journey her daughter would beset, and she was ready for the plan that God would manifest through these special children.

Finally, it was time, and the princess was ready, so she thought. But, unlike other labors or pregnancies in the past, this was very unique. This one lasted several days and the pain seemed endless. "Please make it stop!" she clamored. "I just want to go home," she said. With the look of anxiety and joy in her eyes she began to feel something odd happen. "Push! Push!" The doctors said and she replied, "I am pushing." "Push!" "We can see a head." "Here it comes, you doing good mom. keep pushing!" And, low and behold, the first baby was a girl! With a sigh of relief, she smiled and almost fainted at the same time. Her first child was born, and it was what she had hoped for, a girl. But what about the other baby? What was it going to be? The doctors waited and waited to see if the princess' contractions were starting up again, but they didn't. This was strange: in the case of twins, one usually comes right after the other. But not in her case. It took another hour and fifteen minutes for her to even feel one contraction. The doctors and the princess were concerned.

Maybe they should remove him by forceps. Maybe they should cut her open, but then, she felt something odd moving down below. It was the next baby, hesitantly making his way into the world. Yes, I say "his", because this child was announced as a boy! What?! A boy and a girl?! To her amazement, she performed a feat that most were unable to perform. She had both male and female in one night. The princess, tired and overjoyed, laid on the bed as they stitched her up. However, the doctors noticed something else. The princess could not stop bleeding! They called for more doctors and the princess called on God. "What was wrong?" she thought. "Why was this happening?" Was she about to die? They did the best they could, but the doctor informed her that, in order to save her life, she would have to get a blood transfusion.

Her emotions ranged from happy to scared over the next 30 minutes. She called her mother the Queen, and the Queen dropped on her knees and started praying. "Lord whatever Your will is for my daughter, let it be done, but spare her life. I don't know the plan, dear Father, but You do. Please protect her and her babies and allow them to be used for Your glory dear Lord," The Queen lamented. Hours passed, and what was supposed to be childbirth, turned into surgery. What was suppose to be elation, turned into sadness.

Although the princess went through so much difficulty, she had her two little bundles of joy to focus on. She could not leave them to be raised any ole' kinda way. She had to make it through this storm that she was facing. So she mustered up the courage to fight for her life and willed herself to heal. Several days passed and she began to recuperate. She got the chance to hold her new twins in both her arms."Is this the reason I was so big?" she chuckled. "Because of you two?"

And the princess' journey began.

More tomorrow, God willing...
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