Another Day in Paradise

Well, it has been a few days since I post anything. It has been busy since the last post, but in an effort to not post stuff about work I will not post any of that.

So here we have it.

This year will bring big changes for our family. A baby has a way of reorienting your priorities. Even if that Baby will be our Grandbaby, it still will bring with him/her big changes. The responsibilities that come with parenthood or in my case Grandparenthood can at times seem over whelming. I think of what the world will hold for this new little person, what will they encounter as they travel out into the big world. How can I help guide, teach, nuture and love this precious little one so that he/she will be ready for all the challenges that will come? It can be considered a daunting task.

That is if I choose to look at it that way.

I choose, that's right I choose. When I got married, it was because my wife and I chose to get married. I had no reservations or worries about wether it would work. I knew it would.
When we (my wife and I) decided to have children, we choose to begin trying (the Trying is the fun part) and God blessed us with our first son. And yes, I had all the same concerns about that Child that every parent would have. Yet, again I choose not to worry. Would the child grow strong, smart and loving? I knew He would.
My wife and I enjoyed that so much we had another Son two years later, would this child be strong, loving and someone we could be proud of. Of course he would be. And He is!

I have learned something, the things I can change, I have no need to worry over because I can change them. The things I can not change, I have no need to worry over those because I can not do anything about those things. I can worry and fret or I can choose not to.

So, as I await the birth of my first Grandchild, I choose. I choose to do everything I can to Love, Nurture and Guide this child with everything I am and with all I have. And I know, just as I knew before, this child will be a miracle, a child of honor, grace and intergrity. He/she will be loved and will learn how to love. How do I know this?

First, God doesn't want us to be afraid, just the opposite.
2Ti 1:7 For God gave us not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.

Therefore, by faith, I will dedicate the rest of my life to positively impact this young life, and when I am old(er) I know I will watch God work Himself out in that life, and I will smile.
2Ti 1:12 ... for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed unto him against that day.

I am blessed!