Tony and Gail McWilliams spoke at our church a couple of weeks ago. This is their story.

When she was still a teenager, Gail was told that, as a result of an illness she suffered when she was nine, she would never be able to bear children.

But she and Tony got married and eventually–wonder of wonders–she became pregnant. There were complications that threatened their baby’s life. It’s a story worth telling. But I want to concentrate on another theme.

While she was pregnant, Gail’s eyes began to hemorrhage and she lost some of her eyesight.

A few years later, when she became pregnant again, Gail’s eyes hemorrhaged even more. And so, at three and a half months into her pregnancy, she found herself confronted by a doctor.

“Gail,” he said, “you have to choose today between your baby and your eyes. Which will you keep?”

Gail didn’t hesitate in her answer. “Oh!” she said. “The choice is already made. I choose my baby.”

The doctor couldn’t believe what he had heard. He snapped his notebook shut, stood up and said, “What a foolish decision (emphasis in the original)!” And he walked out of the room.

By the time her pregnancy was through, Gail was completely blind.

*****

Did Gail make the wrong decision?

Ask her and she’ll tell you: “No way!”

Since Lindey’s birth, the McWilliams have had three more children.

“When I look at my children,” Gail says, “I don’t just see my children. I see generations yet to come.”

“Generations yet to come”? What is she talking about?

The whole concept seems so foreign to our culture.

I believe it’s long past time to bring it back. And the McWilliamses give me hope that we can do it.

By God’s grace we can do it.

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