the Lord blessing us with a little blue-eyed boy who made us parents.
And letting us keep him so far for 7 years. (I promise, y'all, YESTERDAY he was born.)
Love is.... reading him Bible stories and taking him to church and watching him draw cross pictures. (I might have cringed when his 5-year-old self drew a chalk picture on our driveway of Jesus on the cross... complete with the blood of Christ. But you see... he'd been hearing the Truth.)
Love is.... a precious girl named Kaylee sharing the Gospel with Cutler one Sunday. And then praying with him. Though he was still a bit young to understand fully, she planted a big seed.
Love is... after the Sunday just mentioned, a year's worth of talks at home and in the car and at church. A wanting to have Jesus in his heart and knowing he needed Him. But fearing the Baptism that would follow after. "Mom, it makes me so nervous. I'm shy."
Love is... telling him that we'll just pray for courage.
Love is... God giving him courage. In April. Specifically April 16, 2018. He tells Jeremy and I, "I need to get saved. And it needs to be today."
Love is... God pouring out his love on the eternal soul of our son and saving him. And allowing both Jeremy and I to witness it.
Love is... a week later, Cutler hearing the lyrics of song about chains being gone. And Cutler says, "Mom, my chains are gone now." Yes, buddy. Yes. They. Are.
Love is... Grandpastor Ken, who prayed for Cutler to be born. And then read scripture with him in his office, affirming his decision to be born again.
Love is... Pappa D (who led me to Christ, baptized me, married Jeremy and I) missing another Sunday at his church so he could baptize Cutler at Cutler's home church. July 8, 2018.
Love is... a church in Kansas watching a video of Cutler's baptism. Because Pappa D's church, 5 1/2 hours away, is also our family.
Love is... Northview Baptist, our home church. Where it feels we have a million and two people who have poured into our son. Our family. Who prayed for Cutler's existence, his salvation, his courage. And who shared in our joy on this July Sunday.
Love is... so much of our family coming to witness his baptism.
Love is... Ms Nancy from church gifting Cutler with a cross on his baptism day, prompting Cutler to copy the verse on the cross into his Bible.
Love is... Cutler gathering all his favorite "Jesus" things and putting them in his favorite box and announcing that it would now be called his "Glory Box."
You guys, for Cutler... faith just IS.
Hebrews 12 tells us that Jesus is the founder (author) and perfecter of our faith. And He greatly gifted our son with it. To be used for His purpose some day in some way. My heart is too full.
Cutler, I pray that you continually discover how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ.
Because Love is... Jesus.
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