When I was pregnant with my son David Samuel, born in the heat of last July, I wondered if I could make a sort of bargain with God. I knew David would be disabled, and I prayed either that God would heal him completely or that God would take his life in mercy. I would walk my neighborhood with David Samuel in my belly, and cry and pray, sometimes twice a day. I was looking for God. Where could He be, in the face of such terrible news?
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Rachel Roth Aldhizer
Rachel Roth Aldhizer writes from North Carolina. She is a Visiting Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, and a 2024-2025 Robert Novak Journalism Fellow. Her reporting and opinion has been published in the Wall Street Journal, National Review, First Things, and others.
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