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July 27, 2007
Welcome, Little One...
I’m going to be an aunt again... which is a wonderful thing...
My nephew and his bride are expecting their first child on their first wedding anniversary...
I’m happy for them, and excited for them... even never having had a child of my own, I know it’s an amazing thing to have a baby... to carry it safely in your tummy for those nine months... to see it born... to love it and hold it, cherish and protect it, to play with it and teach it.. and raise it up in the love of the Lord...
And even while my heart is overflowing with joy and anticipation of the newest little one to love, it is also breaking over the surrounding circumstances... my nephew is in jail awaiting an uncertain fate... and his bride is essentially alone... my heart breaks that they aren’t together to share every minute of this amazing journey together...
I’m praying, of course, for the judge to look upon Trey with favor... for one more instance of leniency... one more chance... not because he deserves it... he doesn’t, but then, neither do any of us deserve the favor in our lives, so in that respect he's no different than you or me... but I’m hoping for one more chance anyway... for Katie to have a husband by her side to protect her and provide for her... for my new little nephew or niece to have a daddy in his life... for Trey to stand up and be the man he should be...
I think he’s in the belly of the whale now... and like Jonah, he paid his own way in... but when the whale spits him out onto shore, I pray that He is a changed man... one his son can look up to... one his daughter can model her future husband after... one under whose protection his wife can rest safely and securely... I pray that he will have learned that he cannot risk their future and security for any momentary pleasure... that every action has a consequence... and that some prices are too high to pay...
And yet... even in the darkness... even as storm clouds hover over the place he is locked away... there is a blessing forming... a child about to be born... a babe on its way... a baby who will be deeply loved and wanted by his parents, his grandparents, his aunts and uncles and cousins...
Welcome, little one... I can hardly wait to meet you... and I can hardly wait for you to meet your mommy and daddy... I suspect their hearts are about to burst with love for your this very minute...
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