made in heaven

Welcome to our home, little Terrance!  We will love you and pray for you always, caring for you as long as God sees fit.

(compiled from various scriptures)

I have called you by name,
from the very beginning
you are mine and I am yours.
You are my beloved.
On you my favor rests.

I have molded you
in the depths of the earth
and knitted you together
in your mother's womb.
I have carved you
in the palm of my hand
and hidden you
in the shadow of
my embrace.

I look at you with
infinite tenderness
and care for you with a care
more intimate than that of
a mother for her child.

I have counted every hair on your head
and guided you at every step.
Wherever you go,
I go with you,
and wherever you rest
I keep watch.

I will give you food that will
satisfy all your hunger
and drink that will
quench all your thirst.

I will not hide my face from you.
You know me as your own
as I know you as
my own.

You belong to me.

by Henri Nouwen

"A father of the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in His holy habitation.
God sets the solitary in families; He brings out those who are bound into prosperity."  Psalm 68:5-6