Ready for some calm days...

Got back from Dallas on Sunday. Had a fantastic time and learned so much about the indian culture. Reema and Ricky look so happy together. It was great to see Reema so at peace and happy with where she is at in her life right now. I enjoyed just watching all the celebrating and ceremonies, taking it all in. I will post pictures soon when I get the time. I even enjoyed the traveling. During my driving I listened to another Andy Stanley sermon called Faith, Hope and Luck. It was awesome. I just love listening to sermons while I'm driving. Didn't use to but I've had quite a change of heart. I used to just drive and sing, don't get me wrong is still do that but I find using my long drives for learning and growing in God. Its an amazing time for little to no distractions and just some quiet time with me and God. So nice!

Today at work I was sent to go help in the special care nursery. I held a little premie who's mom is not going to get to keep him because her other 3 kids have already been taken away and she isn't a fit mother. Such a difficult reality for this new little blessing that has been brought into such a difficult world. The nurse taking care of him had no hesitation telling me to hold him while she went to do some things. I picked him up immediately, he squirmed and took some time to get comfortable, but then just fell into my arms. I sat there rocking him ever so slightly and just thought how much of a blessing a little child is and how sad it is that this mother couldn't make the decisions in her life to give him the life and mother he so desperately needs and deserves. I found myself starting to sing, like i do so often when i'm holding little ones. But for the first time I found myself singing Jesus loves me to him. Seemed to me that depending on the life he leads from this point on that I wasn't sure if he would ever have someone in his life that tells him Jesus loves him...i just felt so moved to sing it over and over. And then I sang a song to him that I've been singing since i was a little girl and to this day when life hands me difficult situations I find it layed on my heart.

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and never lean on your own understanding. In all of your ways acknowledge him and he shall direct your path. When I am discouraged or when i am afraid i put my trust in my father and I look upon his name. All of my cares and troubles, i'll leave at his feet. For i know my heavenly father, will always stand by me. Trust in the Lord."

I sang this song in church when i was about 8 or 9 years old and haven't sung it in public since, but for some reason I have never forgotten it. What wonderful words!

So as i sat holding this pressure little baby boy, i prayed protection and blessing over him, and that he would come to know God and seek him no matter what this world brought his way. Its all I could offer this precious little babe.