Graciously Giving

Babies are innocent and oblivious to our adult world. They have no worries. They are pure and simple beings. In my world, babies are gifts from God.


In my conservative and traditional way that I have been raised I could not in my own way of thinking come to believe that this child could possibly be a gift. After all, my daughter is not married, has not completed college and is now living at home. How could this situation possibly be happening to our family. Why would God want to bring this child into the world without all the necessary tools or means of a mother father traditional family?


Sometimes I amaze myself into thinking that I know what God is doing when I really have no clue as to His motives. I have thrown in the towel to His thought process. I just could not imagine at the time I was told I was going to be a grandmother under these circumstance that this gift could possibly be a gift. Once again, I am wrong.


I confess I am ashamed that I had these feelings and how I allowed myself to even conjure up the thoughts of her pregnancy as being a disappointment. I feel I have insulted God to the max. The situation may not be ideal in my way of thinking, but God has another motive. He is graciously giving to my family and to the village of people that will help raise this child because it takes a village to raise a child with or without the mother father family.


God has blessed our family in a way that is unimaginable at this juncture in our lives. My daughter is a mother and a fine mother that displays gentleness and calm when caring for this blessed one as she too is blessed. This little girl angel has already touch the lives of many. She has a way of slowing us down from our busy lives so we can relish in the pleasure of her beauty.


I have had to review my way of thinking many times and this revision was huge. We make choices that change the course of our lives, some for the good and some choices need a little more correcting. Everyone in this world has had major disappointments in their lives, done things backwards and have had to start over. Some choices may have been bigger than others, but regardless, we have all made mistakes. Our bad choices that we have made might have turned us away from God, but by altering our decisions and recognizing that we need to correct these choices aligns us closer to God. We amend the mistakes and by doing so we become better persons. The first step is the acknowledgement. This isn't always easy acknowledging our choices, but if we surround ourselves by persons of faith and turn towards God we can re-establish a balance in our lives. I acknowledge I have made a mistake in my thinking. I think those thoughts no more.


When I hold this little blessing now, I can now acknowledge that my thoughts were not aligned with God. I could not see past my traditional views. I am not saying that this is an ideal situation, but I feel very blessed by this child now. I can not imagine life without her.


Tomorrow is Mother's Day. I am celebrating the 4 beautiful gifts that my God blessed me with 22 years ago. I am celebrating the gift God blessed my daughter with 12 days ago. These little children are miracles, they are blessings, they are beautiful gifts from God.


Thessalonians 5:16 Be joyful always, pray at all times, be thankful in all circumstances. This is what God wants from you in your life in union with Christ Jesus.


We should maintain a constant heart of gratitude because God is graciously giving each day we take that breath of life.


Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding.


And with that.....he graciously gives without my understanding.