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Behold, children are a gift of the LORD,
The fruit of the womb is a reward. (Psalm 127:3 NASB)

To all of you moms out there, I'm probably just beginning to understand.  To all of you who are not moms yet, I won't even begin to try and describe it.  I'm speaking of the precious call to be a mother to one that is so small and so helpless, so dependent for every need.  And it would seem so simple.  Sometimes it's nourishment, sometimes it's getting cleaned up, and then other times it's just plain quality cuddle time.  How my heart beams with pride when I gaze at her and how it shares her contentment when she's peacefully sleeping or simply scanning in wonder her new world.  But oh how the heart aches when she's in distress!  If she only knew that I am striving to do my best for her.  I know I will never be able to be a perfect parent to her, but I do pray that as she grows she will see the perfection of Christ in me as I yield to His plan for her life.  To think He already has a plan for her life -- long before she was even conceived!  All I can testify now is that children truly are a gift from the Lord and we have been blessed abundantly!  The love that is growing in me each and every moment for her is just merely scratching the surface of the depth of love that Jesus has for each of us.  And it really is so simple.  Sometimes he longs to nourish us, sometimes he needs to clean us up, and then other times -- it's just plain quality cuddle time with a loving Father! 


 

For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge -- that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. (Ephesians 3:14-19 NIV, emphasis added)

 

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Notes

  1. Scripture quotations marked (NASB) are taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE®, © Copyright The Lockman Foundation 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995. Used by permission.
  2. Scripture quotations marked (NIV) are taken from the Holy Bible: New International Version. © Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by the International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers.