The Portion of my Inheritance

I am celebrating today.

These 24 years just flew by. The blink of an eye.

And I ponder the years deep.

The joy of you.

You, knowing how to make me laugh, from the early years you knew how to do that, and I smile at just the thought of you.

And I wonder if you truly understand the miracle of you.

How the Lord used you.

It was you that He used to show me what true sacrifice really meant.

They laying down for Him.

The letting go for Him.

It was through you that He drew me closer to Him.

It was through you that I learned the deep trusting of Him.

The waiting and the searching of Him.

The sweetness of Him.

And Proverbs 29:17 has always been your verse, because you have always been exactly what our Lord intended you to be. “A delight to the soul.”

For it has always been your heart that I have loved the most.

A heart always desiring to be pleasing to his Lord, always seeking and searching Him out.

A heart that loves deep.

A heart that encourages.

A heart that has endured much and has prevailed.

A heart that worships through the music that his Lord gave him, your beauty for ashes.

A heart so big that the chest needed to be expanded to contain it.

My tears fall today over the joy of celebrating you.

Thank you son for teaching me so much and for being a constant example of His love. Happy Birthday!

Correct your son, and he will give you rest; Yes, he will give delight to your soul. Proverbs 29:17

Photos by: Olan Mills, Gilbert Valdez