Thursday, 22 November 2012
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Today I am Thankful for My Son
By Sharon at She Worships
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! My parents are in town so I’ll keep this brief, but I couldn’t let this day go by without expressing what is on my heart:overflowing joy.
The last year has been the greatest adventure of my life. Between the 9 months of pregnancy, the experience of giving birth, and the happiness and awe of my son’s first months, I have found myself thanking God again and again.
Anyone who knows me well knows that, while I desired to get married and have children one day, it was not necessarily an end goal of mine. In particular, the prospect of having children was one I faced with both excitement and great fear.
But now that Isaac is here, I cannot believe how much joy he has brought me. It is beyond what I ever could have imagined. I look at his tiny fingers, toes, eyelashes, and nose and I marvel that they all formed inside me. When he smiles as I lift him out of his crib after a nap, my heart melts with delicious warmth. When he giggles as I kiss him all over his face, it only makes me want to kiss him even more. As I watch my husband and son grin at one another, their noses just inches apart, and the shape of their eyes a near mirror of one another, I want to laugh with happiness. And when I watch my parents fawn over him in adoration, rock him for endless blissful hours, and practically crawl over one another to get his attention, I almost have to hold back the tears.
In His character and person, God is a parent. By choosing to share that part of Himself with humanity, He allows us to taste this abundantly good aspect of His being. I sense that goodness every day of Isaac’s little life. I had know idea that the gift of parenthood could ever be this sweet, and I am so grateful to God for it.
May your heart be filled with equally exceeding joy this Thanksgiving day!
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- From: sheworships
- Name: Sharon
- About Me: Sharon Hodde Miller is a North Carolina girl, born and raised! She is originally from Charlotte, NC, and she received her undergraduate degree and Masters of Divinity from Duke University. Sharon has worked for Proverbs 31 Ministries where she was a contributing writer to the ministry’s daily devotions and radio broadcasts. She has written for Relevant Magazine’s online articles, Lifeway’s Collegiate Magazine, Ungrind Webzine, and she continues to write and minister to women all over the world about being a Christian woman in an ever-changing culture. Sharon currently lives in Durham, North Carolina with her husband, who is currently pursuing a Master of Divinity at Duke Divinity School. If you would like to contact her regarding a speaking or writing opportunity, if you have any questions, or would like to submit a blog topic, please e-mail her at sharon(at)sheworships(dot)com.
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bless you and Isaac and your family! i know your thanksgiving as i have a beautiful lovely 3.5yo daughter too who survived my stroke and is a tough cookie!!