I wasn't unlike many other gawkers on the planet today, waiting for HRH, the Prince of Cambridge, to make his appearance......
But it also drew me to his mama. What must be going through her mind and what must be on her heart as she holds her firstborn child in her arms?
The child the whole world is waiting for.......
This very past Saturday, we celebrated my firstborn's 20th birthday! It was amazing to think of two decades with this amazing being, yet I remember it boldly, in living color! Every suspended moment of those finals hours as he prepared to come into my arms.......His life has changed mine completely. He has given me a purpose I had never known before him. The instinct to nurture him, protect him and love him was and is deeper than anyone could have ever explained to me in words.
I can't imagine what it must feel like for her today..........to know that this tiny human being may someday be the king of many nations. What must it feel like to know the responsibilities he may hold? To want to protect him in a world that may beyond hers to embrace?
Almost sounds like another familiar story, doesn't it? Not unlike what Mary must have felt holding baby Jesus in arms.......The Prince of Peace........The Son of God..........
What I am sure of is that Kate Middleton is also just a woman....Like you, like me......She has been blessed beyond what she could have ever imagined.......I am also sure that this child will change her life and her heart.......That she will know no other love like the love for this child........There will not be another quite like it......Ever......That her arms will long for this child when he is not in it, everyday, for the rest of her life......
I pray for this child......That he may be blessed with a heart to seek God.
That he is a righteous and loving leader of the nations he reigns over........
That he never forgets that he is "blessed to be a blessing"..........
And as we hold all of our children today, may we bless them with the warmth of our arms and the love of our hearts so that they know, tonight, as they close their eyes.......
That they are "So Loved"..........
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