It is amazing to watch a baby grow. They seem to grow so fast. One of the great joys of life is to see a new born begin to connect with the world around them. It is as if you can almost see them learning as they look at a whole new world.
Everything is new!
In the very first chapter of the Bible, Genesis Chapter One when speaking of His Creation God calls it "good"
Gen 1:31 And God saw everything that He had made, and behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
I think that as we grow, sometimes we lose the wonder of it all. Children help us to be reminded of the beauty of the creation around us. What a wonderful thing it is to see a child be amazed by the simplest of thing. It is sad to think that we often forget and lose that wonder. In the opening verse of Matthew Eighteen the Disciples ask, "Who is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?" Jesus responds in the next several verses to address Child like faith. In a child we can see the "faith of a Child" which some call "naivete" but I call a blessing. As we grow we can be come jaded by life turning us into a cynic. The real challenge is to keep the eyes of a child, a child like wonder and a child like faith while we grow to understand the challenges and traps of life.
What a wonder it is to see a child as she sees a whole new world. I am blessed to be reminded of the creation that surrounds me and it is "good".
It is exciting to see a brand new baby grow and experience things for the first time.
ReplyDeleteI know you'll be excited to hear that I think Dallas is close to smiling. Every once in a while Dallas will get this look on her face when Angela or I am talking to her like she is thinking about smiling. Her normally wrinkled forehead will soften, her eyes will round, and she'll stop moving her mouth for a second as if she is seriously considering smiling. Dallas hasn't quite got there yet, but I'll make sure you guys get a picture when it happens. We love you guys!
Amen....love you babe, you say it so well.
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