Baby Girl
In a few weeks, baby girl is coming to stay with us while her momma and daddy take a little vacation. I've been gathering things in anticipation. Toys, bibs, even a new baby bed. Things that used to live in my house a long time ago are back again.
And there are the "new-fangled" things as well. Baby food in a pouch instead of a jar. Fancy sippy cups (BPA-free, of course). Apps for the IPad.
While the stuff may have changed, babies haven't. They are still sweet bundles of love. Sweet bundles that require constant attention and supervision and protection.
Protection requires some commonsense measures. I need plug covers. The stuff under the kitchen sink needs to be safeguarded. Medicine needs to be put higher. It's a lot of work getting ready, but I don't begrudge a minute of that time. After all, it is for love.
And I think about how I am God's child and how much he loves me. How much I seem to require constant attention and supervision and protection.I wonder how many times he has put something out of my reach to protect me. How many times he has grabbed me and pulled me back. How many times he has caught me before I even knew I was falling.
Somehow I don't think he begrudges even a moment of that time.
After all, it has always been for love.
"See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!" 1 John 3:1
And there are the "new-fangled" things as well. Baby food in a pouch instead of a jar. Fancy sippy cups (BPA-free, of course). Apps for the IPad.
While the stuff may have changed, babies haven't. They are still sweet bundles of love. Sweet bundles that require constant attention and supervision and protection.
Protection requires some commonsense measures. I need plug covers. The stuff under the kitchen sink needs to be safeguarded. Medicine needs to be put higher. It's a lot of work getting ready, but I don't begrudge a minute of that time. After all, it is for love.
And I think about how I am God's child and how much he loves me. How much I seem to require constant attention and supervision and protection.I wonder how many times he has put something out of my reach to protect me. How many times he has grabbed me and pulled me back. How many times he has caught me before I even knew I was falling.
Somehow I don't think he begrudges even a moment of that time.
After all, it has always been for love.
"See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!" 1 John 3:1
yay for baby girl and vacation!
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