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Olivia turns 4 tomorrow and we had her party for the extended family on Saturday. It’s Christy’s tradition to spread out as many birthday parties over as many days as possible to stretch out your birthday as long as you can!
Tonight as I put Olivia to bed for the 10th time in 20 minutes (she’s a bit excited about her big day tomorrow and her “kid” party), I snuggled in bed with her and thought about the day she was born.
Her birth was an amazing event in many ways:
1. Olivia brought the level of estrogen back into close proximity to the level of testosterone in our home and she can scream with a pitch, tone, and volume that can be heard in outer space.
2. When Olivia was only minutes old, I remember thinking something I never thought about when the boys were born: “Some day there will be a boy who will come to my house to take her on a date. I will be ready for that day!” When the boys were born, I think I grunted and thumped my chest in approval.
3. The most important difference between her birth and her brothers’ was where I was in my relationship with God. I became a born-again believer in Jesus Christ in October 2003 when Christy was only a couple of months pregnant with Olivia.
I claimed to be a Christian on his way to heaven when the boys were born, but I was actually dead in my sins and on my way to hell. I had not repented of my sins and put my faith completely in Jesus Christ and what He did on the tree for my sins. “I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again” (John 3:3). What a new perspective I had at her birth. To hear my complete testimony, click HERE.
As I have grown in my relationship with Christ these last 4 years, my role as a dad has changed from teaching my kids to have worldly morality to teaching them about their need for a Savior in their own lives. Worldly morality and good deeds will never save them from their sins—only the shed blood of Jesus Christ can do that when they repent and trust Him.
While that might seem like a lot to expect a 4 year old to understand, my role is
clear: “Train a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not turn from
it” (Psalm 22:6).
3. The most important difference between her birth and her brothers’ was where I was in my relationship with God. I became a born-again believer in Jesus Christ in October 2003 when Christy was only a couple of months pregnant with Olivia.
I claimed to be a Christian on his way to heaven when the boys were born, but I was actually dead in my sins and on my way to hell. I had not repented of my sins and put my faith completely in Jesus Christ and what He did on the tree for my sins. “I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again” (John 3:3). What a new perspective I had at her birth. To hear my complete testimony, click HERE.
As I have grown in my relationship with Christ these last 4 years, my role as a dad has changed from teaching my kids to have worldly morality to teaching them about their need for a Savior in their own lives. Worldly morality and good deeds will never save them from their sins—only the shed blood of Jesus Christ can do that when they repent and trust Him.
While that might seem like a lot to expect a 4 year old to understand, my role is
clear: “Train a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not turn from
it” (Psalm 22:6).
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