No baby yet. My daughter Rachel is expecting her first child and I am expecting my first grand child. We both sit and wait. This past Saturday night she was having contractions and I woke up Sunday morning with a feeling of great expectation. It is kind of like Christmas but only better. I think of what Christmas has become. Waking up looking forward to gifts wrapped up under a tree seems a distant second to waking up wondering if my daughter has brought forth a child that already has my heart in his little hand. I think this is what Christmas is supposed to feel like...exactly. Waking up realizing that the dream really has come true and the baby has arrived. A child has been born and your heart is already his. Only this child instead of being the one who I look forward to loving will be the One I have always longed to be loved by. I expect this to be a special Christmas. This Christmas a child will be born, a son will be given and all the other gifts will seem cheap and tacky in comparison. I have a feeling that is the way Christmas is supposed to be.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
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My youngest son was born during the Christmas season. It was decidedly one of the most poignant Christmas' ever for me...for all the reasons you just said.
Many years ago my wife and I began praying about adopting a child. It was in December. Many months later when God saw fit to bring that child into our lives, we were driven to our knees when we learned this newest member of our family was born in that same December month that we began praying.
Isn't God "awesome", as Pastor Jim says.
Have a blessed Christmas Pastor Joe. Can't wait to hear how you work him into your sermons.
COME ON BABY!!!
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