And yet, when I looked at this sleeping man-child, loved filled every nook and cranny of my heart till I thought it would burst. Years of infertility struggles and the loss of our second child left us with a hollow echo of the heart that we feared would never be filled. When Steven was born, we had no idea we would be raising him as an only child. I thought about how much I loved this boy. He was six feet tall, needed a shave and sported a mass of shaggy, thick brown hair. I stood at Steven’s bedroom door, watching this now 17-year-old son asleep in a tangle of sheets and limbs. He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all - how will he not also … graciously give us all things? This selection is written by Sharon Jaynes. Editor's Note: The following article is excerpted from Trusting God: A Girlfriends in God Devotional, by Sharon Jaynes, Gwen Smith, & Mary Southerland (Multnomah Books, 2011).
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