Today I had the honor and God-given privilege as Madeline's father to speak the word of God over her life today. This was something that just happened, as I was about the do some reading of my own, Madeline decided that it was time for someone to pick her up, so of course I jumped up right away and snatched her up from her little bed as Casey finished her lunch. As I sat there on the bed with the word of God open beside me, the Holy Spirit spoke to me, "read my word to her" so I thought of one of my favorite scriptures to read and how fitting it would be to read over her... Psalm 139
"Oh, Lord you have searched me and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely, O Lord. You hem me in behind and before; you have laid your hand upon me. Such knowledge is to wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain. Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens you are there; if I make my bed in the depths you are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast. If I say "surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me," even the darkness is as light to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you. For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast are the sum of them. Were I to count to them, they would out number the grains of sand. When I awake I am still with you. If only you would slay the wicked, O Lord, and abhor those who rise up against you? I have nothing but hatred for them; I count them as my enemies. Search me O God and know my heart, test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
God is the giver and sustainer of our life, He created us and know us completely. It's my prayer for each of my girls that they would grow up knowing the Lord our God who created them and that they would continue to give Him all the glory, praise and worship that He so deserves. So just as Paul tells us in Acts "Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved" Thank you Jesus!
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Awwwwe! How awesome... I bet little Olivia is so proud. :)
The impact of this simple act you have done is penetrating the heavens, for God's Word can never be spoken, and return void. My heart's cry is that God would raise up more parents (father's in particular) who would speak truths like this over their children. I have spoken similar words over my own children and grandchildren, declaring that they are servants of the living God! Your daughters are so blessed to have such caring, loving Godly parents! Thank you for sharing this beautiful blessing that you imparted over your precious baby girl. Tears literally clouding my eyes making it difficult to see; truely a moving blog! Blessings, heaped upon blessings on the Johns family!
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