Thank You Father God for this precious new life and, just as with the four that came before him, I ask that You protect him all the days of his life. I pray that those days and years are numerous, joyful, happy and healthy. I beg You, in the name of Your own precious Son, Jesus, keep them all safe, protected from all harm whether it be physical, mental, emotional, and especially spiritual.
I look at them, and am in awe of Your wondrous plan, that you would even find me worthy to be entrusted with the lives of these five children, Your children, loaned to me for but a time. Please give me the patience and wisdom, even in the midst of daily chaos, to remember that my time here, that our time here, is so temporary. That I must shine brightly, and with all my might, in order to help guide them along their individual paths toward You, so that when our brief time here is over, I will still have the honor of knowing them in Heaven.
Thank You, thank You, thank You Father for letting me feel the wonder of life, five times, growing inside of me, and for the ability to feed each of them with my own body. What a miraculous creation You envisioned when You designed the woman’s body. I am so grateful to have been blessed with the experience.
In Jesus name…Amen
About thisnest
The Sparrows are happily married, and the parents of five children. Donna and her husband Antonio are college sweethearts who also raised his seven siblings, many with special needs, for nearly two decades. Along the way they have navigated the ups and downs of being a blended, black, white, and brown family. Donna celebrates each day of blessings and embraces her family’s “interraciality” through poetry, anecdotes, and glimpses into her beautifully chaotic life on her blog at www.ThisNest.com