Lessons from an infant

We have almost survived a full week of the cold in our home. I say "almost" because we are on the tail end of it. Let me just tell you, the baby cold is way worse than the "man cold". It is just beyond pitiful. They can't help themselves at all. J has slept on my chest for 3 nights because slightly elevated on his chest is the best way for him to breath ( and because I'm a first time mom and I don't have other little kids to take care of, so I can do things like spoil my son)

Here are a few lessons I have learned front this baby cold:

1. We clearly live in a fallen world. How else would an innocent new creature get sick? I wish that were so evident to all people... It would be a lot easier to reach them for Christ if they saw how inherently evil everything is. But it is the narrow path that gets you through the gates to Heaven. If the Lord wanted it to be easy, He would have made it so. For a split second I asked myself "why" He would make it this way, and the answer quickly entered my mind... For His glory! It's not about you.

2. Is there anything I wouldn't do for my baby??? I have asked myself this many times since his birth, and I pray that the only thing I wouldn't do for him is deny my faith. It makes the Father's love for us so much more real. These lyrics have run through my mind a lot the last six weeks.

How Deep the Father's Love for Us

How Vast Beyond All Measure

That He Should Give His Only Son

To Make a Wretch His Treasure

How Great the Pain of Searing Loss

The Father Turns His Face Away

As Wound Which Mar the Chosen One

Bring Many Sons to Glory

3. Things which used to be gross to me, just aren't gross anymore. For example... the green bulb syringe.  Truly, that thing used to make my stomach turn. Now, it is my best friend. Thank you, inventor of the green bulb syringe

4. There is something about becoming a mother that makes it easy to set aside yourself and care for your child. For example, I am currently covered in spit up, because I couldn't find a burp cloth fast enough for my little guy. ( why haven't I changed yet?? well.... that's another issue for another post. haha!)  Why is it so easy to be selfless for my baby and not my husband? I wish I could have seen my selfishness sooner, and been fighting it more  quickly. You would think that the person you CHOOSE to love and be faithful to your whole life would be the person that you would most easily serve, and yet it takes a baby given to me to make my selfishness clear.

Sorry for the long post... Last thing.

I mentioned in an earlier post that Kyle and I are memorizing scripture to have a prepared heart and mind. Well these are our first 3 verses. Join us in memorizing if you'd like.

1. Galatians 2:20 "I have been crucified with Christ, it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me, and this life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave Himself up for me."

2. Mark 8:34 And calling the crowd to himself with his disciples he said to them, If anyone would come after me he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life must lose it, and whoever would lose his life for my sake and the gospels will save it. For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?"

3. Romans 8:38-39 "For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."