The quiet hum of the whirling fan creates a blanket noise this early June evening … the stars are twinkling outside in the dark country sky, little baby Lavender is snuggled up beside her daddy and me and all her sisters are tucked into their beds for the evening, exhausted after an evening of discipleship at our church …
After going through some photos recently taken, I found this one …
and it literally brought tears to my husband’s eyes as we looked across at the sweet, amazing blessings the Lord has so greatly bestowed … how can it be that we, frail, fault-ridden parents, are entrusted with six, amazing souls? We are just silly humans, but immensely grateful for God’s abundant grace in our lives. These little children given to us to raise up, train and protect … we don’t take this job lightly. God is so good and we are thankful. We feel we are blessed with these six daughter and are grasping the weight of our responsibility in raising up maidens for the Lord.
Late nights with fevers, long, exhausting pregnancies, road trips with a million potty breaks, large family dinners where kitchen floors never stay clean, relentless loads of laundry, pre-planning every outing to ensure we arrive on time, finding too-many matching shoes and leggings for church, reading endless amounts of books together, baking cookies, potty training, cleaning up spills and remembering to be patient … it’s all worth it.
Worldly pleasure and earthly gain is all lost over time.
The world’s shallow sparkle quickly dims in comparison to the eternal calling of being a parent …
these moments and the lifetime, the day ins and outs of building memories and shaping lives with these girls is worth far more than we can fathom.
“The Lord has done great things for us and we are filled with joy.”
Psalm 126:3
by Gigi
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