The Will of God rather than the will of man

Hi all! As most of you know I am now the mom of a precious 3 month old! After a long road and quite a few challenges Easton was born a month early and was in NICU for about a week, but is now growing like a weed and is in the 80% for his age! Praise God! I prayed for him everynight and still do! Not only for his health and all other normal things a mother wishes for her child, but in particular that he grows up knowing God and seeks him in all that he does!

We are dedicating Easton in May and so I've done alot of thinking about what I hope his future looks like! Yes I hope he is sucessful. Who knows maybe he will be a star athlete and take over for Derek Holland or maybe he could even get Romo out of the picture (which could be likely considering that would be about the time his contract would up! Ha!) Or maybe he will lead a very normal life and be an amazing husband and father! :)

I had something pretty extraordinary happen last night. I believe that God still speaks and he did to me last night. Yes I am sleep deprived and probably have been delirious on more than one occasion in the past few weeks while tending to my newborn, but I heard him.

It was as clear as day and woke me from a dead sleep. I heard him say my name. "Miranda." Easton was still asleep (go figure! Why couldn't God speak to me while Easton was awake! All in his timing, right?) and Cory was loudly snoring next me. I immediately felt led to read the scripture Luke 4:21.

"21 And He began to say to them, “Today this Scripture is 

fulfilled in your hearing.” 22 So all bore witness to Him, and 

marveled at the gracious words which proceeded out of His mouth."

"And they said, “Is this not Joseph’s son?”"

Luke is telling the story of Jesus' sermon at the synagogue. Jesus is telling the Jews that today he has fulfilled the scripture and that he is the chosen one, the messiah. The jews listened, but quickly began to question Jesus because of their wants and expectations.

"And they said, "is this not josephs son?" The jews expected a king of

theirs to be born into terms that were deemed worthy. Mankind looks for power and wealth as attributes of the famous, royal, and worthy. Although we know Jesus was the son of God. The Jews are saying why would our King be born to Joseph, a man of no social status from a small town.

This hit me like a ton of bricks and reminded me of exactly what I have been praying for my son since the day I found out I was pregnant. Yes, I want him to have all the desiresof his heart and to have a wonderful childhood and life free of struggles. 

But the will of man is not the will of God. I want my son to know God and have everlasting life. I would take having a honorable son that seeks God all the days of his life rather than one that's a pro athlete or a millionaire. Thats success to me!

Now off to sleep before my little man wakes up again!