Twenty-three years ago, I remember very well where I was...in the hospital working on delivering the only child I was blessed to receive. Happy birthday, Jessica! One thing I've learned as an aging parent, one never stops worrying about his or her children! But being a Christian, I know I can rely on the promises of our good and gracious God, that He will always be with this daughter of mine, no matter what the circumstances!
Here are two prayers from Ephesians that I have prayed over the years for those who matter most to me, but primarily for my daughter, especially each year on her birthday. May these prayers be of encouragement to those of you who are worrying about a loved one.
"I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. I pray also that the yes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and his incomparably great power for us who believe."
--Ephesians 1: 17 - 19
"I pray thatout of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge --that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. "
--Ephesians 3:16-19
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I remember that day very well too. It seemed an eternity until the nurse came and took me back to see my “minutes old” granddaughter. Over the years she has brought so much sunshine into our lives. We are so Blessed!
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