I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother’s belly.

Infants soft and sweet smelling. So needy and fragile and so perfect in every tiny vein carrying life throughout their entire being effortlessly. God blessing them with the ability to breathe and with each ounce of strength they possess. Yet with all the physical and emotional involvement parents seem to have, that little life, that little soul does not belong to us. No, it is only entrusted into our care for a short time, often shorter than we think. The responsibility of giving the kind of care God desires us to give to his children is enormous. God in his perfection knows how to guide us to fulfill these needs. He does not leave us alone, he does not leave us comfortless. He has given us his Word the Bible, and by his Word alone can we hope to teach children to be wise, and to follow the Lord that they may know the plans that he has for them. How wonderful it is to remember that God knows more about us than we do ourselves, and so certainly his plans for us will be fulfill us more than following after any of our own selfish dreams and desires.

So the wee little ones, so precious, must not be taken for granted. They are a blessing given from God. We are all here to glorify God, whose perfection we cannot comprehend. Our faults make us assume God is faulty. He is Holy and Beautiful and perfect and His name is to be praised!

Psalm127

[1] Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
[2] It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
[3] Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
[4] As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.
[5] Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate

Let us not labour in vain.