The Portion of my Inheritance

The feeling of a baby moving from within the mother’s womb is an exciting and memorable event.

Being able to share it with your own offspring is an even more remarkable experience.

Watching my daughter Andrea’s belly swell with her second daughter, Aniyah, and sharing all the wonders that involve this miracle of miracles is beyond any expression. Hearing the heartbeat and feeling the movement produces such a thrill of anticipation.

On one particular day Aniyah was being very active. As we were feeling her different body parts that were poking and pushing in different directions, I realized the extent of her miraculous dwelling.

The womb.

Within her abode, she is completely encompassed and protected. Within the walls of that womb, she is safe. The nourishment needed for her growth and health is provided as well. She depends upon it for her very life. There, she is completely wrapped in love.

At this point, outside of the womb she would be weak and vulnerable. At this point, apart from the womb, there very possibly would be no life.

Everything she is, everything she does is within her mother’s womb.

Like . . . living and moving and having her being.

Then I heard the whisper of my Lord, “That’s it!That is what abiding in Me looks like!”

Only when I abide in the womb of His love, only when I abide in the womb of the Trinity-living and moving and having my being, in Him (Acts 17:28). The marvel of it all, only then will I have absolutely everything I will ever need for survival on this earth. Only then will I know the peace that surpasses all understanding.

My very life depends upon it.

As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. John 15:9