Sympathy Pains!
Let me state the obvious, I have never been in labor giving birth to a child! LOL! I have been present at several births, including grandchildren, and I can tell you even watching someone go through that pain is just about unbearable. At the birth of our youngest daughter the pain got so bad for ME that I started to hyper-ventilate. I had to be removed from the room. In all fairness, the heart of this unborn daughter had stopped and the umbilical chord was wrapped around her head. It was a really tense situation. Being a Dad or Gramps in the delivery room may not hold the same physical pain as going through child birth, but watching someone else, someone that you love, go through that kind of pain is nearly unbearable. When I read Galatians 4, that was the vision I had in my mind: "Oh my dear children! I feel as if I'm going through labor pains for you again, and they will continue until Christ is fully developed in your lives. I wish I were with you right now so I could c...
