There is something almost magical about the day you become a parent. A certain amount of euphoria mixed with anticipation and joy beyond description. My oldest brother recently had his first baby, which got me thinking about the emotions entailed with this event.
Not knowing when baby
will come is all part of the fun, whether via adoption or birth. These days,
you get to plan practically neverything. But with babies, most do not get to
chose the day of arrival. The excitement builds and the thought, today
could be the day, emanates your thoughts. The biggest day of your life.
More exciting than Christmas morning as a child. You patiently await the birth
of your precious gift that God has graciously lavished on you.
The gift that will
change your status to parent and will add family to your description. The gift
that changes a room in your home to a nursery and sprinkles it with baby
gear.
I cannot imagine how
God feels when we turn to him. When we truly turn our hearts to him and become
his son or daughter. The bible says that angels celebrate when one sinner turns
from his ways (Luke 15:10).
It goes on to say that
he has adopted us. We are his children.
See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 1 John 3:1
As I was writing this,
Matthew West's song, Hello, My Name is, ran through my head with that verse. I know, another Matthew West song. He has
amazing lyrics, and though he does not frequent my playlist often, the lyrics always stick. Have a listen..
Hello, my name is child of the one true King. I've been saved, I've been changed, and I have been set free. "Amazing Grace" is the song I sing Hello, my name is child of the one true King. What love the Father has lavished upon us, that we should be called His children. I am a child of the one true King.
The bond between a parent and child is great. How much more so with the creator of the universe who has so intricately made you? Since becoming a parent, my relationship with God has shifted and has allowed me to view him in a different light. Seeing that he really knows best. That he has the best plans there can ever be for my life. Seeing that discipline is necessary and not easy for either party involved. Seeing that my strengths and weaknesses are there for a reason and how to best use them.
I pray that if you find yourself far from God, that you would see his out stretched hand and his big, warm, fatherly embrace to welcome you back. I pray that if you are a parent, that you would see your children as God views them, as well as yourself. You are unique and your relationship with your child and God is, too.
Here's to adoption and returning to God the father. And parents and children and loveliness.
I pray that if you find yourself far from God, that you would see his out stretched hand and his big, warm, fatherly embrace to welcome you back. I pray that if you are a parent, that you would see your children as God views them, as well as yourself. You are unique and your relationship with your child and God is, too.
Here's to adoption and returning to God the father. And parents and children and loveliness.