I read all the posts that many parents are sharing. Kids growing so quickly; posts about preschool all the way through to high school and college. As I read them I pray. I thank God for the opportunities I have shared in raising and caring for children during my life. I pray for safe travels; that school buses stay safe and that the driver and any caregiver riding along will care for the many lives on that bus; that schools stay safe and that God keep the enemy out. So many growing so fast; learners permits, driver's licenses, first cars.
My gifts; is what I heard. They are My gifts. I smile to myself and chuckle; then respond with "yeah they are". Children are more than the minime's. They are more than part of life's cycles. These children, all of them are gifts; gifts from God to His children that they might raise them up to love Him just as much as He loves them and us. He keeps them safe in a package called the womb. He does His work to create them just the way He wants them to be created. I also believe He hand picks those whom He chooses to entrust a new child to.
A parent realizes, only after becoming a parent, that there is a love that surpasses all understanding. The love of a partner; a husband, wife, sister, brother, cousin, aunt and uncle all the way to grand parents. There's a love shared between friends. But there is nothing, absolutely nothing that compares to that love which is bestowed upon those who get the opportunity to give and receive a love that they have never known. A parent is more than one who provides the seed in which to plant in the womb. A parent is more than one who carries this gift in her womb. A parent is far more than blood and genetics. A parent is one whom God chooses to care for and love a new life. God places, I believe, a special and different kind of love in many parents who open their hearts and lives to children that are not their own. Because some people are unable to have children of their own does not by any means determine their ability or capacity to love and to nurture. Personally, I believe that God looks upon those who cannot and makes a way for them to have this gift that only God can provide. It takes a special man, a special woman, to accept and to love with an open and pure heart the child or children of another. I believe that this kind of love is a gift all in its own. Because God is an awesome God and whether you believe in God or not makes no matter because He believes in you; and that's what matters.
God makes no mistakes. He doesn't take away, He gives. He uses [many times] bad or hurtful circumstances and turns them into something wonderful; so long as we are open to receive His gifts. God can and does use the negative and turns them into something positive. So to you who may not be able to become a parent in the way most can, know that you have a special place in the plans of the Creator. You have that special kind of love that breaks the boundaries of biology and what a gift that is. For those who have received your gifts as many do, know that there is a reason you were chosen. There are no mistakes with God. There is no such thing as a child that cannot be cared for. Be glad knowing that you were chosen to care for the precious gift that only God can give.
All we can do, as parents, is love our children, teach them the ways of God and then when that time comes for them to leave the home, know that God is always with them. Be glad and be proud that the Creator of all things has entrusted you with a precious gift or gifts; and know that He provides you with the ways in which to raise them if you only allow Him to. And remember this always; that the way in which your heart was filled with a love that surpasses all love for others; that special love that a parent has for his/her children is only like a spec in the sand in comparison the that love which God has for His children; us. Believe or don't. This is meant for whom ever He means it for.
God Bless You
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