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Just Love Him

A new mom learns to put worry aside and embrace faith and love for her child.

Just Love Him

Casting all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. —I PETER 5:7

As soon as I found out I was pregnant, I worried about losing the baby.

When I made it to the pivotal point of three months, I breathed a sigh of relief. At each doctor’s appointment with no problems, I relaxed and let myself think that maybe, just maybe, this dream of mine of having a baby was going to be perfectly fine.

After Solomon was born and I held him in my arms, most of my fears subsided. But every now and then a gnawing, terrible worry haunted me.

What if, I thought, what if he just stops breathing?

When Solomon reached the age where such things are rare, I thanked God and expected my fear to go away. It did, mostly, but there were times when I found myself thinking, What if something else happens to Solomon?

“I can’t bear to think of it,” I confessed to my husband one night. Tony put his hand on mine. “Don’t think of it, then,” he said.

“But what if . . . what if we ever lost him?”

“Stop spoiling your love with worry,” Tony said. “Just love him.”

Love him. He was right. I was completely in love, and instead of enjoying it, I was splintering it with worry.

Dear God, help me put my fears aside and love with my whole heart.

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