Now I've Held Him...

And don't really have the words as I look into his eyes, trying my hardest to understand what he wants but realizing the thing that he wants the most is love. Love is something that I can and will give over and over again as I raise Isaiah. If love is the defining statement of Christianity, then love is also the defining statement of the way that I will parent. I cannot parent without the help of my God, the king over all, but I can parent the way that my dad and my heavenly father parented...With love always on the forefront. In discipline, in hard issues, in good stuff. Love covers all.

So here I am holding Isaiah and looking into his eyes and I cannot believe the gift that God has given me. It is a phenomenal gift and process that God has given parents and children alike. I know that at this point, Isaiah is really cute and cuddly but I also know that he will be a teenager someday. God, begin to shape and mold my heart to have wisdom in the tough times. Let me be the dad that I know you want me to be.

My wife is doing well. I couldn't do what she had to go through the last several days. Unbelievable. If the woman had the first child and it rotated after that between her and the man, there would only be 3 children in each family...This just confirms to me that men and women are created VERY differently. :)

God, let me serve you as a son as a father this young child in your ways, and as I lead my family in a way that is godly, Christlike, and honoring to you and the way that you created me! THANK YOU, for your blessings, your discipline and your love! It's in your name...