Years before I became a daddy, I heard Michael Card’s beautiful song Barocha. It’s a lullaby from his 1989 children’s album Sleep Sound in Jesus, and it uses the profound Hebrew priestly blessing from Numbers 6:22-27 as its text: The LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron and his sons, ‘This is how you are to bless the [...]
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A is for Abigael (Counting My Blessings 1/26)
The name Abigael means Her Father’s Joy. I truly cannot imagine a more appropriate name for my daughter. She exudes enthusiasm and creativity and compassion and kindness and, without question, joy. Abby is mature and thoughtful, responsible and insightful. She is also zany. The bizarre and hilarious things that she spontaneously spouts crack me up on a [...]
Counting My Blessings
As I lay here in bed, overwhelmed with life worries and completely unable to sleep, I feel the need to be reminded of the good things God has given me. The thought occurred to me that I should count my blessings. Literally count them. As in make a list and focus on being thankful. I [...]
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