lifesong
Everyone needs compassion
And love that never fails
Let mercy fall on me
When everyone needs forgiveness
Kindness of the Saviour
The Hope of the nation
Saviour, He can move the mountains
My God is mighty to save
He is mighty to save
Forever author of salvation
He rose and conquered the grave
Jesus conquered the grave
So take me as you find me
All my fears and failures
Fill my life again
I give my life to follow
Everything that i believe in
Now i surrender
Shine a light in and
let the whole world see
Singing, for the glory of the risen king
Jesus, Shine a light and
let the whole world see
Singing for the glory of the risen king
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
-10:46 PM
Stanley:
Dear all
This is my humble first post. First and foremost, I thank God for the
privilege of being the father of baby
Jireh. I learned many lessons about our Father God through just taking care of him. At times, when I hugged
Jireh, I felt God hugging me too. At other times, when I need to withhold certain things from him or discipline him, I understood God's perspective in a manner that I never could before. When I have to act silly just to make him smile or laugh, I could sense how God sometimes does that too. When he returns with a giggle, my heart delights. I am sure God would too. When I have to clean up his vomit or motion, I saw how God have to clean up the messes that we created. When his cries of 'Papa' melt my heart, I know our cries to our Abba Father melts His.
The above may not connect with many of you cause you do not experience it. My prayer is that you will have a great awareness of our Father's love when your time as parents come.
I named my boy
Jireh because I was inspired by Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his own son to God. In turn, God sent his own son, Jesus to die for our sins. God provided a sacrifice for Abraham, he provides Jesus, the sacrificial lamb for us today, on top of other
spiritual and material blessings. That is the true meaning of '
Jireh' - 'The Lord Provides'. May you be blessed during this season of remembering Christ's death and
resurrection.
Abraham understood that Isaac belonged to God. Charlotte Mason wrote in 1862, "Truly parents are happy people - to have God's children lent to them... I love my children dearly."
I love
Jireh dearly. Our Father in Heaven loves us even more...
