Eden's Heritage

Today we dedicated our precious daughter to the Lord. What an awesome knowing! A deep sense of peace, of a covering, honoring our Father who has been so gracious to us with such a delicate flower, His beautiful work of Art!

Oh Father, your loving kindness overwhelms me! This beautiful, sweet girl you have given Reggie & I... Words can not express. She is so tender & full of such life & joy. She is only 6 months yet she is teaching me. Things my heart & eyes are seeing & feeling that I must have lost somewhere along my way! Open to finding those things inside me once again!

We don't dedicate our children bc of the traditions of man! No, it's so much more! To honor & respect this life God has given to us. To cry out for His protection, His covering, Trusting that He will keep her & draw her to Himself. Our way to ask God to impart wisdom to us to raise Eden in the ways of the Lord & to commit to that very task. Our families stood with us...why? It takes a village to raise a child & we need them, she needs them! They represent, remind & impart a long legacy of living for God. Her Godly heritage! There are numerous reason for doing this meanful act. What I didn't think about was what the Pastor spoke in Matt. 19:13-14... When they brought the children to Jesus to be prayed over... 'Jesus said "Let the children alone, and do not hinder them from coming to Me; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these." It's about the blessing! Of course, it is. And we could never comprehend all of what His blessing means. And oh how we want Jesus to bless our children!

Eden Jewel Ann Smith, because of Love you received a blessing today from your Heavenly Father! Your Momma & your Daddy love you & we want all of what God has for you. We want you safe & wrapped in His arms & covered by His blood. We want to teach you in the way you should go so that when you are older, you will not depart from it. It is our greatest desire for you to accept, live for & serve God. Yet our love & desires for you pale in comparison to His love & desires for you. After all He is the one who created you, formed & intricately wove you together, His masterpiece! And today your family, who He gave you too, brought you back to Him & through His appointed man of God acknowledge you belong to Him & we have the honor of caring for what is God's. I know He honors this act of our hearts & You are blessed bc He loves you! This is your heritage in the Lord!