The Blessing of Children (Triple Baby Shower)!

By and large, our culture today devalues God's precious gift of life.  Many people view children as a burden and expense, choosing to limit or altogether do away with children and spend their lives pursuing their own pleasure, not realizing the the blessings they are squandering.

However, the fact remains that children are the hope of the future.  It is by faithfully training up the next generation to be mighty warriors for the kingdom of God that we will ensure His blessing and achieve great and lasting success. Children are a priceless treasure, and the Lord commands us to view them as such: "Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD and the fruit of the womb is his reward.  As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.  Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: They shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate."  (Psalm 127: 3-5) 

We love babies in the Smithe home, and when we, or one of our friends, is blessed with a new life, it is a cause for great rejoicing!  Recently, we gathered in our home to celebrate the arrival of three new children, Iona Glory, Jessica Ellen, and Silas Creed.  It was a wonderful time of thanksgiving and prayer as we spoke of the goodness of God!