Pilgrim Soldier

Ok, you’ll have to forgive me over the coming days as I’ll be posting from the perspective of a 2nd time father! I’m on paternity leave for the next 2 weeks to spend sometime with Zoe, Sian and of course Abigail!

Yesterday evening, as Zoe and I were watching our beautiful new baby dreaming, a sudden realisation came to me. Our God, who loves us so much, already knows what Abigail is thinking even though nobody else does. He knows her thoughts and her dreams, and already He loves her just as much as He loves anyone else. Even though Zoe & I are still trying to learn what her different cries mean, the Lord knows and is with her!

Psalm 139:13-17 are ones I’ve thought of often during the time we were waiting for Abigail’s birth, but with this realisation they suddenly mean even more. In my NIV version verse 17 has a footnote which makes the verse read:

How precious [concerning] me are your thoughts, O God
How vast is the sum of them!

What a great God we have, who has vast thoughts about a 3 day old baby!