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A Valentine for Heart Parents
Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life . . . John 15:13 Dear Heart Moms and Dads, Yes, you know who are. No one else might, though. At least, not by looking at you. I’ll bet your heart kid looks a lot like mine: pretty normal with all of his clothes on. It’s only at the birthday party when they smear butter cream all over their clothes, and you take their shirt off because they’re little . . . and whether you want to be talking about the zipper down his front or not, you are. You’re the one taking the very important phone call…
Not My Call
Dear Samuel, I am twenty-two weeks pregnant with you, and we have received news that you have a major heart anomaly the doctors think is fatal. But I am starting this book for you so that some day, years from now, when you need encouragement, when you wonder as we all do just what you’re doing here, if God loves you and notices you, if He has a plan for your life . . . that you will read these signs and wonders and know YOU are chosen, annointed, a son of God. I love you, son. Mama (written in the spring of 2011) Some moments never hold weight in…
Manna, Quail, and Breast milk, part 1
Then the Lord said to Moses, “I will rain down bread from heaven for you. The people are to go out each day and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test them and see whether they will follow my instructions.” Exodus 16:4-6 Please read the entirety of Exodus 16 During my pregnancy with Sam, the doctors prepared me for the fact that he may never breast feed because of his heart condition. I prepared myself to pump and feed him bottles, grateful to have a baby to feed at all while quietly mourning a bonding experience I had so looked forward to with each of my…
Miracles and Murmurings
And my God will fully satisfy every need of yours according to His riches in glory. Philippians 4:19 I must confess: I have spent my whole life judging the Hebrews during their wilderness sojourn. It is difficult for me to watch them murmur against the God who continually, faithfully provides for them. They witness the ten plagues against Egypt, including the smiting of every firstborn male in Egypt. They leave Egypt weighted down by their captors’ treasures after 430 years of bondage, led by a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night. And yet, when Pharoah gives chase, they cry to Moses, Was it because…
“I will carry you”
I said to you, “Have no dread or fear . . . The LORD your God, who goes before you, is the one who will fight for you, just as he did for you in Egypt before your very eyes, and in the wilderness, where you saw how the LORD your God carried you, just as one carries a child, all the way that you traveled until you reached this place.”Deuteronomy 1:29-31 All the way that you traveled . . . I can’t believe it’s been 10 weeks since Sam’s surgery. I thought we would be back to normal life by now, settling into the new school year, a new…
