Little Miracles

It is always stirring to witness a miracle first-hand...

With the sweet changing of these seasons, I find that there are more changes full of greater sweetness than I have ever known in my young life. Miracles are captivating things, but especially when they come in the package of an infant...

I will never understand the ways of life, or the reasons God allows what He does, like when a couple living in immorality will get "an oops" and choose to kill their child, while a couple in the loving embrace of their Savior will hope and pray for a baby for years, but one never comes.

God is not a small God, I find constantly, and now we have the pleasure to marvel over one such fascinating little miracle that proves His mystery and His tender faithfulness. We see women in the Scriptures like Hannah and Sarah, who longed and prayed for children, but it hits us with the force of incredible joy and surprise when their stories come to life before us with the women and men that we love.

From before I was born, my mom's youngest brother lived with us, being young enough to bond like a brother to my two sisters and me. We have an attachment that draws us closer than all the rest of the relatives in our big, extended family. We always knew that Brian's children would be as much ours, as our own nieces and nephews will be one day. He and his wife (now a sister-in-law to us, rather than an aunt-- *smile*) have been married three and a half years and been praying for this baby for almost all of them. With her being in her late twenties and him now thirty, they are eager to get their family started. Through the heartbreak and trials they have faced trying for a baby, we have felt dearly for them. Praying ardently, and trying hard to hold onto hope without getting discouraged, we have waited and hoped right along with them.

Just when I was beginning to wonder if God's plans do not meet up with our hopes, I got a phone call on my birthday from Brian... our little miracle has come into being. Now we are sewing baby blocks for the newest addition to the family, whose arrival will be in late December!

We are in restless and full excitement for her. She is nothing but a miracle, and will come into this world with more love and affection than any little girl could probably need! So, we are sewing blocks for her, just like the kinds we used to have when we were kids. A very sentimental gift, especially for the brother-uncle who used to throw them at us girls. (*grin*)

I am swept away by the enduring charm (unlike our deceiving human kinds) of the Father's miracles. When I see them unfold right before my eyes, lifting up the hearts of those that I love, spraying our family with the brightness of innocence, anticipation and joy... I am stirred.

~Brianna