Ricky Anderson: The Gift

The Gift

Evan after he's had his coffee.

My son, my son.

We waited for you for years. We asked God when He would give you to us.

He said, "Wait."

We went to the doctor.

He said, "If you give me lots of money."

We did.

God said, "Not yet."

We were sad.

Your mom wanted to hold you. I wanted to throw a baseball with you.

The doctor said, "You can't."

We were sad.

Then came Christmas. That's when we found out you were on your way!

As I sit here rocking you to sleep in our squeaky armchair, I am overwhelmed by how wonderful you are.

I love you. And you remind me of how much my heavenly Father loves me.

And maybe someday he'll give you someone as special as he gave me.

God, never let me take this for granted.
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Daniel · 701 weeks ago

A very sweet and loving post. Bridges built strong today will support heavy loads tomorrow. (I just came up with that off the top of my head!). Blessings to you and your son.

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Rob Shepherd · 701 weeks ago

Love this! Great post! I praise God that He answered your prayer. Cute!

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Darrin · 701 weeks ago

Amazing! Congrats man!

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russ_ray 24p · 701 weeks ago

I know what you mean... my wife and I talked the other day about how much went into getting our first baby, then God gave us two more. Crazy.

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Some Guy · 701 weeks ago

That's a good photo of Evan. But what does he look like before he has his coffee?

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Connie · 701 weeks ago

what a beautiful moment for you. Thanks for sharing.

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seekingpastor · 701 weeks ago

Good words, man!

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ironicmom 59p · 701 weeks ago

Love this. As much as I try to answer my own prayers (don't really recommend this by the way), I am at how much better and less limiting God's answers are.

And that is the cutest baby picture, evan. I mean ever. :)

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Auntie · 701 weeks ago

Great post, Brother. I love you, your wife, and your little man!
There was a snail named Herbert
who was so very slow.
He caused a lot of traffic jams
Where ever he would go.....

Thanks for being patient!

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cindyholman 58p · 701 weeks ago

So true! I felt exactly like this holding my two babies - first a girl - then 4 years later a boy. They were both miracles - and still are - now 24 and 20 :)

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3rdXacharm · 701 weeks ago

*sniff*

My favorite quote, and most appropriate here, I think:

"Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body." - Elizabeth Stone

Evan is adorable!

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thegoodgreatsby 27p · 701 weeks ago

My kids never look that cute after their morning coffee, although their looks seem to improve after the lunchtime coffee break and then the coffee with dinner.

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ChadJ 85p · 700 weeks ago

You give Evan coffee? You must not like sleep very much.

;-)

Truly, 'twas a beautiful post. What a blessing!

For my wife and I, we prayed, saw doctors, had tests, we're told we couldn't have kids... 8 years into our marriage, our son arrived. And God, proving He has both a sense of humor, and loves surprises, gave us a firecracker of a daughter 8 years later. Being in our 40s now, I hope He doesn't thus surprise us again! ;-)

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