Tonight, I had the honor of visiting the newest person in our congregation. Little Sawyer was born this morning at around 10:30 a.m. So many times I (as a pastor) get to visit the sick and comfort the grieving. But for some reason, I was blessed today to see life the same day that the first earthly air was breathed. It sure was refreshing...and inspiring...and caused much reflection.
It is an incredible blessing from God to be a parent...4 times over. I met a grandma in the elevator who was visiting her 4th grandchild. The dad of the little guy I went to see just looked at me and grinned. Each of us had now had the privilege to parent 4 children of our own.
There is so much potential...and so much risk in living (whether you are the parent or the child). As I prayed over the parents and the child, it seemed that all I could focus on was an incredible need to see and sense God's hand in our lives, and my incredible desire for people (including myself) to know the awesome plan of God for our lives. Even though life in this atmosphere has just begun for one little guy, thank God we get the chance to put today behind us and begin again afresh tomorrow as we breathe in the new mercies of our heavenly Father.
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