My wife and I just found out that we’re having a son! I’m still in a state of awe. Sometimes, I just walk around with a smile on my face for a while before I even realize I’m smiling. It’s hard for me to believe that I’m having a son. This new season of my life has been filled with a myriad of emotions, from excited to overwhelmed, from nervous to overjoyed, from awe-struck to helpless. I’ve been scared, proud, and everything in between. Sometimes I feel pretty big (“I’m having a son!”), and sometimes pretty small (“This whole birth thing is way beyond me, out of my control.”) I have not even seen my son (well, sort of, through the ultrasound) and yet I have this deep love for him that goes beyond words. How? How could I love a person, that I’ve never seen, so much?
I’ll write more thoughts as I have them. For now, I’m kind of speechless. Here are a couple of books I’m reading that, hopefully, will help me to parent my children in a God-honoring way:
Shepherding a Child’s Heart by Ted Tripp
Withhold Not Correction by Bruce Ray
The Bible by God
Have you read any other books that are helpful? I’m open to suggestions. I want to read stuff that helps me understand how to glorify God in my parenting. My goal in life is to glorify God in all that I do (1 Corinthians 10:31), and parenting is what’s on the docket for me.
