Today is my son's birthday. It is his 30th birthday. Just typing that makes me feel old. I have the greatest son in the world. He is a godly man who loves and serves Jesus, loves his wife and loves and cares for his daughter. When I found out that we were going to have a child, I began to pray that if the child was a boy that he would grow up to be a man after God's own heart. My son is a man after God's own heart. He is a son even at 30 who greatly honors his parents with the way he lives.
I have been thinking a lot about him and his birth over the last few days. I was reading in 1 John 4 and came to verse nine which says, "This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son as antoning sacrifice for our sin." I looked at that verse and realized that my son is my one and only son and God loved me enough to give me and you and my son His one and only Son.
There are very few people I would ever even think about giving my son up for. God gave Jesus up for me before I even knew that I had a need for salvation. So today as I celebrate and thank God for my one and only son, I will also praise Him for His one and only Son. I will spend my life serving His Son by letting Jesus Raise the Roof and Remove the Walls of my life.
Joe
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