Happy birthday, Carolyn!

I am amazed to tell you that my firstborn-- our miracle baby, the pregnancy we thought could never be-- turns 18 today. This bewilders me; I was there for it all and I am still unable to tell you just when it happened: when the baby with the thatch of dark hair and dimples that made the nurses coo and smile, turned into the bright-eyed, feisty, beautiful young woman eager to step out and meet the world on her own terms. I can tell you, however, that even with all the challenges of the teen years, I am daily grateful that her life came into ours.

None of us know, when we begin the adventure of parenthood, where the journey will take us, or how we will be changed.

Mary, did you know
That your baby boy will one day walk on water?
Did you know
That your baby boy will save our sons and daughters?
Did you know
That your baby boy has come to make you new?
This child that you’ve delivered
Will soon deliver you

Mary, did you know
That your baby boy will give sight to a blind man?
Did you know
That your baby boy will calm a storm with his hand?
Did you know
That your baby boy has walked where angels trod?
And when you kiss your little boy
You’ve kissed the face of God

Mary, did you know?
The blind will see
The deaf will hear
And the dead will live again
The lame will leap
The dumb will speak
The praises of the lamb

Mary, did you know
That your baby boy is lord of all creation?
Did you know
That your baby boy will one day rule the nations?
Did you know
That your baby boy is heaven’s perfect lamb?
This sleeping child you’re holding
Is the great I am.

c. 1991 Word Music ( a division of Word, Inc.) and Rufus Music (admin. by Keeling & Company, Inc, Nashville, TN) Words: Mark Lowry Music: Buddy Greene