10.21.2009
Precious Gifts
I had a light bulb moment, as Oprah would call it, last night as i was rocking my little boy to sleep. I always pray for him when I am putting him down, and I was also praying for a friend of ours whose 11 month old is struggling with leukemia. My best friend also is pregnant and had to have surgery on her ovaries while she was pregnant. I often think oh Lord what would I do if something were to happen to one of my babies. I worry about them being sick or getting hurt constantly. Then last night as I was praying I realized something. My children don't really belong to me! They are a gift from God. He has given them to me to raise and care for, but really they belong to him. I thought about friends that miscarry and I know how hard it has been for them, but when you think about it that way it changes your perspective. Thank you Jesus for letting me love, and care for my two precious gifts!
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You are so right, Rebecca. I worry all the time for my children as well. We left our girls with a babysitter, my cousin, tonight, and I was thinking of situations that I was allowed to be in with other people's children as a babysitter {ie--driving with them, etc} and it terrified me. I could never let a teenager drive my children anywhere.
It's so hard to realize that we have to trust them to God's care. We are blessed to be entrusted with these beautiful children, but ultimately they belong to God. What He allows, when He will take them, what they will become, is really in His hands.
As hard as that is sometimes.... :(
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