A new baby in the community brings joy and celebration.
So there we sat in the living room. Mom, dad, big sister and little sister. Only two weeks old this new life is full of potential and possibility. Hope. This grace, and this reassurance that God doesn't give up on the world. It's days like these that I'm in awe of being a pastor.
It's days like these that I fall down humbly before God.
After holding this new life and hearing about transitioning from a three person family to four, it was time for a prayer and blessing. Time to give thanks to God for health and life and grace. Time to pray for growth and laughter and smiles for years to come. Time to stand in awe of God's creation.
Three-year-old big sister was present and after some time inviting her to place her hand on her new baby sister for a blessing and getting no where, I asked her to put her hands in the air. "Lift your hands up to give thanks to God."
She smiled. And the hands went up. Prayers ascending. Hope in the air.
"For it was you who formed my inward parts; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; that I know very well."
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