Just before a little someone around here turns two, I can't ignore
or fathom the fact that
another little someone just before hits the six month milestone. Half a year. Half of a
whole year.
Lemuel entered this world just the way my entire pregnancy with him went,
freakishly fast. And the boy hasn't slowed down since.
Not once. Or rather,
time has not slowed down once and at times I feel I'm on the fast track of a time warp that doesn't play fairly. He's reaching for our plates, playing with toys, growing teeth, getting stuck under the furniture and sucking on his toes.
He ditched the pacifier
months ago and thinks it's funny when I put it in his mouth. He's an easy, warm and snuggly sleeper in bed with us. He's jolly and easy and predictable.
I love his name. And I can't help but think of this very charge for
him, the one that told me while still in the womb that if I had a son his name would be such, each time I pray for the man he will become.
Proverbs 31:1-9
The sayings of King Lemuel- an inspired utterance his mother taught him.
Listen, my son! Listen, son of my womb!
Listen, my son, the answer to my prayers!
Do not spend your strength on women,
your vigor on those who ruin kings.
It is not for kings, Lemuel-
it is not for kings to drink wine,
not for rulers to crave beer,
lest they drink and forget what has been decreed,
and deprive all the oppressed of their rights.
Let beer be for those who are perishing,
wine for those who are in anguish!
Let them drink and forget their poverty
and remember their misery no more.
Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves,
for the rights of all who are destitute.
Speak up and judge fairly;
defend the rights of the poor and needy.
Time can keep making its way through the seasons of my life. My squishy delicious babies weren't made to
just be adorable squishy babes. What
destiny this little person contains! What a calling to have
future men in my home.
Be a good
king, Lemuel, in the sight of
our God. You have a
royal inheritance in the Kingdom of God.
6 months and baby's first Christmas.
