Mind Wandering

In this new busy life of raising my daughter I find very little time to let my mind wander. Between looking after Joy, changing, feeding, burping, carrying, entertaining and snuggling my time is spent trying to keep the house looking presentable and spending time with my husband when he’s home from work. Yesterday however was a few moments of beauty and quiet. As my daughter quietly ate my mind began to wander back to three months ago on that fateful day our lives changed forever. The birth experience I believe is a time the husbands get to watch the true beauty of their wives come to blossom, the birth can be messy however the beautiful strength the woman shows is unparalleled, this is what God designed us to be able to do and in doing so it’s a breath taking spectacle. For the soon to be mother it is a time of realization of the need for God’s strength. To go through the birthing experience without the strength of God is one I would never want to attempt. I realized during the many hours of labor that I needed God in more ways than just as a strength provider, but as a comforter and protector. Joy’s heart rate was dropping during the process and I believe it was God which delivered her before serious problems arouse.
My thoughts were cut off there as Joy had finished eating. I glanced down at my beautiful daughter as I pulled my breast away. The sunlight danced through the curtains creating a pale light surrounding us. Joy laid there, a look of content on her sleeping face, her smooth skin calling you to touch and kiss it. I ran my finger along her arm, what an amazing creation of God. She looks like both her father and I, however reflects her own personality we are yet to fully learn of. As I move her up vertically against me to release any air bubbles I begin to think about Jesus, our savior, He was once a babe just as she is. Every baby is different and I wonder what He was like, most likely the perfect baby ~ He is after all the only perfect human. I thank God for my Joy everyday and for the awesome husband He provided me with. I lay Joy down in her bed, give our cat, which’s lying on the floor, a quick scratch behind the ear and head out to find my husband; it’s his turn for my attention.