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8 Years Ago

Happy Birthday, Mikayla L’Amour aka “Sweetie” Eight years ago, on an overcast and cool morning, at 10:27 a.m., our Heavenly Father blessed Tonia and me with our third child, a baby girl. We named her Mikayla L’amour (The Love – Thanks grandma Daisy). She weighed 7 pounds and 4 ounces and was 18 inches long.  As I captured this moment that morning, my eyes were filled with tears of joy and heart was exploding with worship, praise, and thanksgiving. The prayer you see written in my journal, is the same prayer I continue to pray today.

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After eight years, my heart continues to explode with joy as I am watching and enjoying my “Sweetie” grow up really fast.

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As I have watched her grow, her are a few of my observations: She loves Jesus, her Day with Dad, getting her hair done with her mother (getting pretty expensive), reading (The Abbey Hayes series is one of her favs), memorizing Scripture, stuffed animals, cheese pizza, me reading to her at night and tucking her in, playing the Go Diego Go game, I Spy Memory Game, Trouble, and Apples to Apples, trying to hang with her brothers, her friends (Joy, Julia, Nadia, Torrie, and Coletta), her dream of being a Vet, watching iCarly, Big Time Rush, and True Jackson, VP.

I really love being a father, plain and simple. I don’t always get it right. In fact, I miss opportunities every day. However, I am watching and learning how my heavenly Father interacts with his kids, so I can be the loving and patient Father he is. Fathers, each day we have an opportunity to leave a legacy for our kids. Even if we have not been the kind of fathers we hoped to be, we can begin again today, showering our kids, especially our daughters, with the father’s love.

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4 Responses to “8 Years Ago”

  1. Shantell Says:
    May 17th, 2010 at 1:30 pm

    Pastor Marvin what a beautiful young lady and a wonderful post. I pray that God will continue blessing you as you bless others! Service at Trinity this past Saturday night was so compelling. I really am at a loss for words. But I sincerely want to thank you for being obedient to God’s calling on your life. The imagery of removing the old man and adorning oneself with the new man will forever be etched in my memory.

    GOD bless!

  2. Zenobia Says:
    May 22nd, 2010 at 6:58 pm

    That is awesome! My pastor is also from Grand Rapids, MI. He lives in MS. now.

  3. Soul Man » Blog Archive » Little Girls Need Their Daddy! Says:
    June 10th, 2010 at 2:03 pm

    [...] as we have. I wrote this last paragraph with tears streaming down my face. Why? Because I have a little girl, and when we walk down the street together, holding hands, or when she sits in my lap or asks me to [...]

  4. Soul Man » Blog Archive » Short Rides, Long Memories Says:
    June 17th, 2010 at 5:04 pm

    [...] was special because Mikayla, my sweetie, joined the tradition. The last couple years she couldn’t ride with us because [...]

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