Totally unaware of the great joy it brings, a new life begins.
Of all the joys that lighten suffering earth, what joy is welcomed like a newborn child?
I am blessed with a nice collection of grandchildren but there has been a dry spell without a newborn for several years so it is with great anticipation, relief and joy that we were blessed by the safe arrival of a new healthy, precious grand daughter this week. It was not without difficulty and long anxious days that her mother, our daughter, brought her into the world so it is with overwhelming gratitude and joy that we receive her. There is so much of evil, ugly and profane in our time that this little bit of Heavenly light is a welcome bringer of hope and rejoicing.
Glen Yarborough was a popular folk singer when I was in college and one song he sang that has always stayed with me was, “One More Round.” I have not been able to locate all the lyrics but it talked of God’s answer to dark times was to send a newborn baby, and the chorus asked:
“One more round, mankind, will you make it?
One more chance, mankind, will you take it?
Take it the way a child takes love.”
The knowledge that God can and does at times send angels to intervene for the benefit of mankind but he often sends Hope and Help in the form of a newborn baby with an appointed mission to turn the tide of history and lead the human heart to Him. I don’t know the destiny or mission of our newest grand daughter but as all who come so soon, “trailing clouds of glory from God who is our home,” the miracle of her birth has already lightened our burdens and enriched our lives. Thank you, Heavenly Father, for her safe arrival.
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