{"id":2602,"date":"2012-02-21T01:00:04","date_gmt":"2012-02-21T09:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/blog\/?p=2602"},"modified":"2012-02-21T14:44:59","modified_gmt":"2012-02-21T22:44:59","slug":"welcome-to-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/21\/welcome-to-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the World!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There’s a new man in my life<\/strong> — a very little man. He’s already mesmerized me with his charm and good looks.<\/p>\n

A text message woke me up at 11:47 last night, and kept me semi-awake the rest of the night. At 4:30 I finally got up and bustled around, waiting for the call. At last it came.<\/p>\n

“We have a baby.”<\/p>\n

“Yes?” (Come on, boy or girl?)<\/p>\n

“His name is Calvin Sterling.”<\/p>\n

I cried. I thanked God for this first little grandson<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

I thanked God for this first little boy who will carry on his great-grandfather’s family name<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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I thanked God for this precious boy’s daddy<\/strong> who loved my<\/strong> daddy so much, and who chose to bless his son with my daddy’s name.<\/p>\n

I thanked God for his mama<\/strong> who has already loved him and cared for him for nine months, and who graciously accepted God’s plan when her labor came to a halt over a week ago and left her in suspense and discomfort until the following Sunday evening. She’s going to have her hands full with three daughters,<\/del> oops, make that children <\/strong>(wow, I have to get used to this boy <\/strong>word!)\u00a0aged three and under.<\/p>\n

I thanked God for a covenant family<\/strong> of believers who have prayed for him and his parents, and who will stand committed to him and his family in the years to come.<\/p>\n

I thanked God for his uncomplicated labor and delivery<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Instead of writing a blog post about choosing the right things to do throughout the day (addressing an excellent question that was asked in response to last Tuesday’s post), I embraced the gifts my heavenly Father chose to bestow on my day:<\/p>\n