One of the most amazing things about this pregnancy has been the incredible awe I find myself in each and every week that goes by, as we learn about the baby’s development, and my protectiveness grows, and I have to trust God every day for the development of my child and the protection of my wife.

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
before you were born I set you apart;
- Jeremiah 1:5a

What’s even more incredible is how incredibly alive this child is so early on. At 6 weeks its heart is beating 160 times a minute, developing eyes, ears, nose, organs. It shocked me prior to our own pregnancy that some could find it conscionable to abort a child at all (outside of exceptional medical circumstances), and now, understanding more about the pregnancy, it appalls me even further. There are no morally impacting differences between a 6 week old pregnancy and a 6 week old baby. None. I am in awe of the handiwork of God within the womb of Briana. It blows my mind and gives me a humble fall-on-my-face kind of reverence for God the creator.

“For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb”
- Isaiah 49:1,3