Letter to Baby Josiah

I wanted to share a letter that a friend of ours wrote to Josiah, it is very special....... written a few weeks ago.....

Dear Josiah,

Today I was honored to stand among some grown -ups who love Jesus, your mom and dad and their kids, including you to pray.  I wanted to take a moment to write this short note of what is on my heart when I pray and think about you.  God is the source of all life.  All that He does is motivated by love.  All that He does, whether it makes much sense to us or not, will result in glorifying Him.  This is the highest and most noble purpose anything can have, so that is a great thing!

God has planted a seed of life in your Mommy again and that life is you, already named Josiah Caldwell.  Your named after a man who was named king of Judah when he was just a boy.  He did what was right in the eyes of God , his heart was responsive and humble before the Lord.  God used him and kept His promise that he be buried in peace.  

God is already using you.  You are already glorifying Him from the safety of your mom’s belly.  We’ve been told that God is making you different in ways that may cause your time with us to be short.  Today, we asked God to enable you to live with them like Ashley, Luke and Jacob.  Your mom and dad love you and want to see you grow up to be a man after God’s own heart.  So do we.  We know that God can do this.  He has done so many amazing things!

This time of not knowing what will happen to you is really hard for your family.  Bud God loves you so much , He is carrying them through this in His loving arms, just like your mom is carrying you right now.  He has them and you.  He will never let go for even a moment.  His love son’t even let Him sleep because He won’t stop carrying them and watching over them.  When they remember this, they have peace and rest, just like you do now, all safe and warm.  

Little 4 lb. seed, Josiah, I don’t know how it will look but I do know you will grow to be the exact expression of God’s love He designed you to be.  I love you and praise God for you!,  

In Christ,  

Amy