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my cute oldest son
My favorite sacred Christmas song is “Silent Night”. It has been for as long as I can
remember. But the year I had my first
son the song changed for me. He was born
in May, so when the Christmas songs started in November he was 6 months
old. One night I was rocking him to
sleep and singing “Silent Night” to him.
As I started to sing the 3rd verse the deep meaning of the
song sunk deep into my heart. In case
you have forgotten the words they are as follows:
Silent Night, Holy
Night
Son of God, love’s pure
light
Radiant beams from
thy holy face,
With the dawn of
redeeming grace,
Jesus, Lord at thy
birth;
Jesus, Lord at thy
birth.
As I sang, looking into my firstborn son’s sweet face it hit
me that when Jesus Christ was a newborn he was already the Savior of the
world. With his birth came the dawn of
hope and redeeming grace for all of us.
Within that tiny baby was the potential to save the world, in that sweet
face was the Love of God.
I looked down into my son's face and I wondered
what potential was inside him from birth?
What great mission was he going to accomplish on this earth? Inside him was greatness and unlimited
potential even in that tiny body. Our
son came to us already who he was deep inside and it was my job as his mother
to unlock that potential and greatness.
You see I believe that our children’s personalities come
with them straight from God. We as
parents shape and guide them, but we can’t or shouldn’t try and change who they
innately are. Their personality traits
are given to them from a loving Heavenly Father.
As I sing that song (and almost always tear up)at this time
of year I look at my children and wonder if I am helping them unlock their God
given purpose and character inside them here on earth? Am I guiding them in the right path, am I
loving them enough and expecting enough of them?
Our children are on loan to us from a loving Father who
allows us to be parents to refine and shape us.
He has given us His Son as an example of how to love and teach our
children. I am eternally grateful for
that greatest gift of all.
Here is an absolutely beautiful version of "Silent Night"
