Living Catholicism: His Number: A Pro-life Poem

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January 5, 2005

His Number: A Pro-life Poem

In the November-December 2004 issue of Family Foundations, a magazine published by The Couple To Couple League the following poem appeared on the cover (my wife and I loved it):

His Number

While waiting as
a mother-to-be,
I heard God firmly
speak to me.

To cast aside the
world's device
And become a
living sacrifice.

Namely, that my
womb should bear
The ones He planned
to cradle there,

And that no
humanistic creed
Should limit my
fertility.

Oh, how I
wrestled with
that word,
So unusual, so
absurd!

Could God?
Would God take
control?
And what would
His requirement
hold?

After much debate
and doubt,
I threw my own
decision out;

If God can measure
earth and sea,
Can He not chart
a family?

And if He names and
numbers stars,
Then in His book is
each of ours.

We therefore gave
Him the right
To build the house and
take the charge.

A mother now
with five on hand,
By faith and grace I
have no plan.

But cast aside the
things that kill
To let His number
be fulfilled.

-Author unknown