Several of my friends are about to have babies, and congrats to Lauren who just gave birth to baby Caleb yesterday. It never gets old; from start to finish it's a miracle to observe. You spend the better part of a year pregnant (which for me means none fun) and then several months (or more) recovering. But God gives you this amazing love for a tiny, squishy, baby who adores and depends on you. God has designed the most perfect process and it never ceases to amaze me.
Jamie Soles is a reformed songwriter who has not impressed me with his musical ability, but he has come up with many catchy tunes to teach children the basics of the faith. (When I complained to a friend about the lack of quality reformed music he suggested Handel's Messiah.) One of Jamie Soles songs always makes me tear up, because as amazing as childbirth is, it is just as mind-boggling that before these babies of ours can even answer back they are marked as God's. Now it's our job to communicate this to them.
To listen to the song click here
Sarah your bride, let Me confide
Will not remain barren forever
To your surprise she’ll have a child
She will become the mother of laughter
And when he is a baby
Before he can even reply
Let him know I choose him to be with Me
You shall give to him My sign
This is the sign between you and I
Although this sign will perish in time
This is the sign that you've become Mine
Until the day Messiah will shine
This is the sign
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The other song that always makes me cry (could it be the hormones?) is from Caedmon's Call:
this house is a good mess
it’s the proof of life
no way would I trade jobs
but it don’t pay overtime
I’ll get to the laundry
I don’t know when
I’m saying a prayer tonight
cause tomorrow it starts again
could it be that everything is sacred?
and all this time
everything I’ve dreamed of
has been right before my eyes
the children are sleeping
but they’re running through my mind
the sun makes them happy
and the music makes them unwind
my cup runneth over
and I worry about the stain
teach me to run to You
like they run to me for every little thing
when I forget to drink from you
I can feel the banks harden
Lord, make me like a stream
to feed the garden
wake up, little sleeper
the Lord, God Almighty
made your Mama keeper
so rise and shine
rise and shine cause
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If only I could remember this during every diaper change or temper tantrum!
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2 comments:
the song 'Sacred' makes me cry every, single time, whether i'm pregnant or not. don't blame the hormones...it IS an amazing song. :) brite, thank you for embracing motherhood...it's so rare and we all need to see more of that. love you.
I, too need to remember this during every whine....it does go too fast and then they are all grown up. Just the other day Sarah told me she misses being a baby...me too!!!
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