For Paislee...

Yesterday was our first granddaughter’s first birthday. What a package she is. She is only 20 some lbs., but already she is the center of the universe…at least our universe. There is an interesting emotion coming out of me as a grandfather that is different than anything I have ever experienced. It has to do with breathing favor upon her life and momentum into her days. I think I now understand Rembrandt’s famous painting of the old man Simeon holding up the Christ-child in the temple and speaking a blessing over Him. Simeon had been waiting for that moment for years. And now was his moment to breathe blessing and favor into the life of the infant Savior. While our granddaughter is not called to be the Savior of the world, she is called to something great. And like Simeon, this is my moment, to breathe the winds of God’s blessing and favor into her life, that they will blow constantly at her back, that she will walk the path God has prepared for her with focus and courage. So, here is a blessing for Paislee on her first birthday…
“But even there, if you seek God, your God, you’ll be able to find Him if you’re serious, looking for Him with your whole heart and soul”. ~Deuteronomy 4:29
Dearest Paislee, may you never struggle to feel the presence and leadership and unfailing love of our Lord…all of you days…because He is paying attention to your every moment and every need. ~Grandpa V