A New Child is Born!
Rejoice with us! Our new daughter, Gabriella Noel Zepeda was born on August 25, 2006 at 6:27pm in Wayne Memorial Hospital in Honesdale, PA. She is beautiful! She was born weighing 7 pounds, 8 ounces and 19 and a half inches long! She has my wife's beauty and long legs and big feet like me. She has a ton of straight black hair (most likely will be curly soon).
We didn't get to the hospital until around 6:00am. Rebekah's water broke around 8:00am. From 6:00am to 6:27pm, the implications of the sin of Adam to the righteousness of the new Adam gripped my heart to have gospel fear and gospel joy.
"Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who had not sinned in the likness of the offense of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come [...] For as through the one man's disobedience (Adam) the many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the One (Christ our Federal Head) the many will be made righteous [...] For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us [...] For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now. And not only this, but also we ourselves, having the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our body [...] For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."--Romans 5:14, 19; 8:18, 22-23, 38, 39
There was nothing like the labor process (which Rebekah knows all about) that I have ever seen or experienced. The cool breezes of heaven (the relief of labor pains and the moment Gabriella was born) and the gnashing teeth of hell (contraction after contraction) never seemed so real and so bold upon my soul and upon my mind. On the way to the hospital Romans 8 was imprinted upon our minds and in our prayers.
Rebekah is a tough woman! My respect for her has risen a great height for her after this sweet experience. There was nothing like holding Gabriella in my arms for the first time. While I held her in my arms, in the stillness and silence of the hospital room, I sang to her my favorite hymn: O Sacred Head, Now Wounded. The moment she heard the tune, she became calm and listened intently in babish awe.
We're praying that one day God would be pleased to dress her with the dazzling righteousness of His Son for God's glory and her joy (our joy too). Pray for us now as we strive to point her to Christ and be Christ-saturated in the way we love her and raise her in the way of the LORD in the days to come. Pray that God would continue to flourish our marriage with beautiful garden beds of sanctification and love in Jesus Christ.
Rejoice with us! Thank you for your prayers! I hope to post a pic of Gabriella Noel soon.
Gabe, Rebekah, & Gabriella--Psalm 16:11
P.S.--Pray for Rebekah as she is recooperating from everything.
We didn't get to the hospital until around 6:00am. Rebekah's water broke around 8:00am. From 6:00am to 6:27pm, the implications of the sin of Adam to the righteousness of the new Adam gripped my heart to have gospel fear and gospel joy.
"Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who had not sinned in the likness of the offense of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come [...] For as through the one man's disobedience (Adam) the many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the One (Christ our Federal Head) the many will be made righteous [...] For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us [...] For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now. And not only this, but also we ourselves, having the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our body [...] For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."--Romans 5:14, 19; 8:18, 22-23, 38, 39
There was nothing like the labor process (which Rebekah knows all about) that I have ever seen or experienced. The cool breezes of heaven (the relief of labor pains and the moment Gabriella was born) and the gnashing teeth of hell (contraction after contraction) never seemed so real and so bold upon my soul and upon my mind. On the way to the hospital Romans 8 was imprinted upon our minds and in our prayers.
Rebekah is a tough woman! My respect for her has risen a great height for her after this sweet experience. There was nothing like holding Gabriella in my arms for the first time. While I held her in my arms, in the stillness and silence of the hospital room, I sang to her my favorite hymn: O Sacred Head, Now Wounded. The moment she heard the tune, she became calm and listened intently in babish awe.
We're praying that one day God would be pleased to dress her with the dazzling righteousness of His Son for God's glory and her joy (our joy too). Pray for us now as we strive to point her to Christ and be Christ-saturated in the way we love her and raise her in the way of the LORD in the days to come. Pray that God would continue to flourish our marriage with beautiful garden beds of sanctification and love in Jesus Christ.
Rejoice with us! Thank you for your prayers! I hope to post a pic of Gabriella Noel soon.
Gabe, Rebekah, & Gabriella--Psalm 16:11
P.S.--Pray for Rebekah as she is recooperating from everything.
posted by the Zepeda family at
7:20 PM
3 Comments:
Congratulations! How awesome to hear about your precious little daughter. I can't wait to see some pictures :).
~Emily
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Emily, at 10:05 PM
Way to go, brother!
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Matt H, at 2:02 AM
That's great Gabe. Welcome to Fatherhood. So begins the decades long journey of preparing the next generation for life in the Kingdom. Moriah and I are right behind you;-)
-Josh and Moriah
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Josh Huff, at 8:26 AM
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