All Part and Parcel Of...

I always have mixed feelings about sharing a post like this:

I think about the families/couples who would love to be able to share in

this kind of joy but for some unknown reason

it is withheld or Baby is gathered back to God before it is born, or right after.

We cannot explain these heart-breaking 'whys'.

My heart cries and bleeds for longing-to-be parents and grandparents!

But, on the other hand, as we remember all we have is lent to us from

a God so much bigger that anything we ever can grasp

we owe to Him joyful thanksgiving and praise

for every good and perfect gift that comes from above...

where we are all part and parcel of His Perfect love!

So we are beyond delighted at (Lord willing)

welcoming another little 'parcel/gift' into the family in May 2022!

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, 

and comes down from the Father of lights, 

with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.

James 1:17

Grandma got the above shot while mommy was getting this one below...

Humbly grateful...

Where weight of want and wonder wars

Where dazzle of moment-mist pours

Where hope and heartache’s breakers roll

Across shorelines heart and soul

Where what is brief binds sacredly

To what is Chief; eternity

Where we all bear the common bond

Of Here hinged to The Great Beyond

Where life, akin to lilt of leaves

Soon slumbers beneath welkin eaves

Where what we hold, we soon entrust

Back to the mold of dust-to-dust

Where we are part and parcel of

God’s heart of Everlasting love

Where unlike leaves our bloom will fall

Back to the Hands that lent it all

Then, though want and wonder may war

We are a part of so much more

Than time’s sparkle of sun and sod

We are part of the heart of God

© Janet Martin

Grand-daughter and gramma matching outfits 😄💖