Dark Night

Episode 3

The journey of Nine months was not an easy one, but God saw her through and the day finally came. Mrs Johnson was home alone when she felt some liquid coming from her body, she quickly grabbed her phone and called her husband, she didnt want any funny surprises. This has been her attitude from day one of the pregnancy and three times they’ve gone to the hospital thinking it was labour.

In few minutes Mr Johnson was already home. He helped her into his car, carried her bags and zoomed off to the hospital, when they left the compound was quiet and so no one even saw or noticed anything. When Dr Greg saw them again he smiled because he believed it was another false labour. However he took her inside and checked her and this time it was real. He stepped out again to Mr Johnson and told him it was real this time, then he went back inside the labour room. Mr Johnson knelt down, raised his hands up and prayed.

Mr Johnson: Dear Lord, Giver of life, Creator of the universe, this time the doctor said it is real. We are about to welcome your gift to us as you’ve promised us. Grant my wife grace just as the Hebrew women, in Jesus name. Amen.

As he stood to open his eyes, he saw a nurse smiling at him.

Nurse: I so much admire you and your wife and the so much faith you have in God.

Mr Johnson: Thank you so much nurse, He is our father and in him only do we put our trust. Please my wife is about to give birth, could you please assist Dr Greg so everything can go well please?

The nurse smiled again before talking.

Nurse: Sir it is the quickest labour we’ve ever had in our 20years of operating, your wife has been delivered of a bouncing baby boy.

Mr Johnson: How do you mean? We just got here not up to 5mins.

Nurse: I thought I heard you pray that God should grant your wife a delivery as the Hebrew women?

Mr Johnson: (falls to the ground with tears full his eyes singing and rolling round the hospital floor)
“I serve a very big God o,
Who is always by my side,
A very big God o,
By my side, by my side.”

He kept on rolling and appreciating God until Dr Greg stepped out and told him to stand up and be ready to meet his wife and son in a bit. The clothes he was wearing have become so dirty. He stood with his eyes wide open waiting patiently staring at the labour ward door. Few seconds and the door flung opened, he saw his wife sitted on a wheel chair, carrying a beautiful baby and the nurse rolling her out towards a ward. When she saw him, she smiled with tears also falling off her eyes.

Mrs Johnson: Honey, our son is here

Mr Johnson: Yes dear, our son is here.

Mrs Johnson: God did it

Mr Johnson: Yes He did it, He is a faithful father. (He took the wheel chair from the nurse and asked for the direction to the ward, and she pointed it to him. He rolled her towards the ward with his eyes fixed on the baby.

Mr Johnson: so this is my son.

Mrs Johnson: yes dear, this is our son.
(He looked at her and planted a kiss on her cheek)

Mr Johnson: We will name him Gift!

Mrs Johnson: I agree, for He is indeed our gift from God.