God knew my needs before i did

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well my ORE is done. (whooo hoooo)!!! those things are the worst...... well during the middle of the exercise my wife tries to call me several times. and of course the one time she needs to get a holt of me i am in MOPP 4 running an Fire Dept exercise. i didnt finish with that for several hours. when i finally get back to the station my wife just so happens to call the station phone. when i pick it up i hear her almost in tears (or she had just sucked them up long enough to call) telling me that she had to go the hospital for contractions. she told me that all was well with her and the baby but that the hospital was going to keep her over night. now this is where being in the military and being a Fire Fighter is not the best thing. i cant just drop what i am doing and run to be by her side. (though that is the only thing i want to do!) i cant leave my truck because if there is a real world emergency i have to go on that instead of going to be with my wife. i guess this is what the AF meant when they said i must put "Service before Self." either way i hated being in all that chem/fire fighting gear, and what seemed to be thousands of miles away from my wife. but during all of these emotions God is hard at work for me! See i was on the phone with my wife when my boss walked in and heard me say "i love you too, and everything will be alright." (as i hung up the phone) he asked me if everything was alright. well i told him what had happened to my wife and that was it. i didnt ask to be let off work, because i knew there was no way for me to leave. there was no one else that could take my spot (as i am Crew Chief of the Rescue truck). so i went on about my day doing all the things that i have to do during these ORE's, and before long my boss just comes to me and tells me to go the hospital and be with my wife. that he has a replacement for me on the way. what an answer to prayers!! God knew my families needs before i even did. He took care of my situation before i could even ask for Him to. oh how we serve a great God! just as God came through for me in this small thing He came through for me and my family with my wife's contractions. i wont lie i was scared driving to the hospital. and of course i was praying the whole way. as i was praying i was reminded of the man that came to Jesus and asked for his servant to be healed. Jesus saw his faith and healed the servant. i took this as a promise that everything was going to be alright. all i had to do was exercise my faith. see when we lost our first baby and it seemed that all my hope in Jesus was lost He in His own miraculous way made Himself known to me. He didnt leave me He understood the loose and the time i need to heal. then when He blessed us with our second baby (the one cooking now.... speck 2.0) i heard a promise from Him. He said that He keep speck 2.0 safe... this came in the form of what we read "Peace that surpasses all understanding." i can see even now how our Father is using my unborn child to minister to me even now. what a revelation "out of the mouths of babes" God speaks. this time the babe is not even born yet...... it is here that i count my blessings: my wife is well, my baby is well, and my God is great! He took care of my needs. He blessed me, spoke to me, and comforted me and my family. Praise be to JESUS!!!