Don't get me wrong... hearing Jasper's first cry was absolutely precious. It simultaneously gave me tears and took my breath away. Absolutely precious.
But last night, I heard something even more precious.
Andrew's had a very, very busy couple of weeks at work; he's been run ragged and is working hard, through his exhaustion, and doing a marvelous job for his company. I had a Moms2Moms get-together last night, so dear Andrew came home early so I could rush off to my get-together.
Jasper was just waking up from his nap as I was preparing to leave for Moms2Moms, and he unusually started crying as he was wakening. I was just about to rush out the door when I heard the creaking of the rocker going back and forth, back and forth. Pretty soon, Jasper's cries turned into whimpers and then into silence as he was being held and comforted in his daddy's strong arms.
Feeling rather touched, I instantly thought how sweet it was that instead of taking a moment to rest on the couch, exhausted Andrew went to his crying son and was rocking him. However, the next sounds stopped me in my tracks.
"Amazing grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me. I once was lost, but now am found. Was blind, but now I see..."
My strong, handsome, manly-man husband, who was drained and exhausted and still had several hours of work to do from home, was rocking our son and tenderly singing Amazing Grace to him.
It stopped me in my tracks. The whole world suddenly faded away as I stood there, with tears in my eyes, listening to my precious husband (who thought I'd already left for Moms2Moms) tenderly sing of the redemptive love of our Savior to our whimpering son.
My whole heart overflowed with this over-powering love for my God and my family. It's one of those moments where nothing else mattered; one of those moments that, for me, is frozen in time.
Hearing Andrew gently sing of God's love to Jasper is by far the most precious sound I've ever heard.
Be still, my heart.
uh ..... wow! .... that IS precious. Thanks for sharing it.
ReplyDeleteThis post brought tears to my eyes! I can picture Andrew sitting there with Jasper and singing to him...How sweet! Singing to a child is so wonderful and it calms them when you least expect it to and to hear his dads voice and calm down so fast would tell me that he does this a lot! Love it!
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