I thanked my God for you because now I understand a mere glimpse of what He feels for me because of the deep, unending, indescribable love I feel for you. I think that maybe this is why He allows us to have these perfect little babies that grow up before our very eyes. He wants to help us see that we, too, are His beloved creations that are treasured and loved beyond measure.
Today as I held you, I willed you to know what a perfect creation you are. No, you are not perfect by human standards, but you are perfect by mine and by His. Your emerging personality, your quirks, your smiles, your giggles, your kisses, and that undeniable twinkle in your eye; they are all perfect to me.
I think that's what God was whispering to me today. I am not perfect by the world's standards, far from it, in fact. But He created me perfectly in His image. And He loves me and cherishes me even more than I can imagine.
Oh dear ones, my biggest hope and prayer for you is that you can see yourselves the way that I do and the way that He does, as perfectly created beings made to know Him and love Him, do His good work, and glorify Him in all that you do. Your mama is still learning to believe these things about herself, but she is sure they are true of you. So maybe, just maybe, they are true of her as well.
You are my joy, my light, and my life. You are my beloved forever and always.
"How deep the Father's love for us, how vast beyond all measure, that He should give His only Son, to make a wretch His treasure."
-Stuart Townend
"How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!"
-1 John 3:1
Lincoln, 8 days old
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Silas, 9 days old
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