Finding God in the NICU | Marriage & Family

[Also: The List that Saved My Marriage] Also: The List that Saved My Marriage | [View online] [ChristianityToday.org][Donate] [Beautiful Word Newsletter] Thursday, February 02, 2017 Finding God in the NICU His diaper looked to be about the size of a teabag. I gasped in both wonder and concern as I looked at the photo my colleague showed me of her son. He'd been born early—unbelievably early—and somehow, hooked up to wires and tubes and sensors, he was still alive. Scrawny and fragile-looking, he was in the NICU of the hospital downtown. My coworker traveled to the hospital daily, for months on end, where they somehow miraculously kept him breathing and growing. And now he's in elementary school, playing eagerly at recess and kicking the soccer ball around like other boys his age. Yes, he has some struggles due to his early delivery, but for the most part he is A-okay. Truly, truly a miracle. NICUs are places where daily miracles happen—but they are also places of sorrow, grief, and difficult question. Micropremies—born much too early—face many extremely serious threats to their physical and emotional development. Utterly dependent on medical intervention and life-sustaining technology, these little, fragile babies remind us to look to our sovereign God. As Courtney Reissig asserts in this week's [featured article] examining the ethical and spiritual questions tied to NICU care of micropremies, "We must humble ourselves before the God who is the creator and sustainer of all life, even the smallest lives gasping for breath in the incubator." Grace, [Kelli Trujillo] [Kelli B. Trujillo] Editor, CT Women Featured Article [The Micro-Premie Dilemma] Does NICU technology change our pro-life obligations? Courtney Reissig Additional Articles [The List That Saved My Marriage] What an inventory of my husband's shortcomings taught me Becky Zerbe [MLB Wife Julianna Zobrist: 'Baseball Is All My Kids Have Ever Known'] How the Christian singer and her Chicago Cubs husband keep faith and family first. Interview by Catherine Parks More from CT Women [6 Things Your Church Can Do During the Refugee Ban] [6 Things Your Church Can Do During the Refugee Ban] The recent executive order has thrust refugees and resettlement agencies into limbo. Here's how you can help. Dale Hanson Bourke [What the Hygge Trend Tells Me About True Comfort] [What the Hygge Trend Tells Me About True Comfort] I like warm socks, coffee, and a cozy fire. But real, sustainable self-care involves something unexpected. D.L. Mayfield Related CT Newsletters [CT Entertainment] Reviews and perspectives on movies, TV, and music. [Sign Up Now] [CT Weekly] Weekly headlines, commentary, and site news. [Sign Up Now] Follow Us [Facebook] [Twitter] [Pinterest] [RSS] [Subscribe to this newsletter] In the Current Issue [January/February] [500 Years After Luther, We Still Feel the Pressure to Be Justified][Subscriber access only] [Reading the Reformation in 2017] [Ultrasounds Help Bridge Evangelical and Catholic Theology][Subscriber access only] [View Full Issue] [Subscribe Now] More from Christianity Today [8 Characteristics of a Great Podcast (Plus Some Church Leadership Podcasts I Like)] If you're a podcaster, here's one listener's blunt assessment of what works and what doesn't. This is the stuff your friends won't tell you. [Trump's Supreme Court Pick: Religious Freedom Defender Neil Gorsuch] Scholarly Denver judge who ruled in favor of Hobby Lobby would fill Scalia's seat as the court's only Protestant. [Searching for Gorsuch: For Many Evangelicals "It's the Supreme Court, Stupid"] Many Evangelicals voted for Trump for the Supreme Court, so let's stop painting them with every other brush Most Popular Articles [The Surprisingly Positive Legacy of the Kermit Gosnell Case] How the worst of the abortion industry brought out the best of pro-life advocacy. [God Doesn't Need You to Try So Hard] A spiritual lesson for chronic achievers. [Why Abortion Workers Need Our Forgiveness and Support] Some pro-life advocates view Planned Parenthood employees as killers complicit in crimes. Abby Johnson sees them as people worth rescuing. [Marriage & Family Newsletter] Delivered via email to subscribers weekly. [Subscribe] | [Email Preferences] | [Unsubscribe] | [Privacy Policy] | [Advertise] | [Subscribe to CT] You are currently subscribed as: {EMAIL} Copyright ©2017 [ChristianityToday.org], Christianity Today, 465 Gundersen Drive, Carol Stream, IL 60188. All rights reserved.