Happy Birthday, Aaron!

Yep… thirty-two years ago, our youngest son, Aaron made his debut. Happy Birthday! Since I have been writing birthday devotionals for all of my family there have been many changes. Aaron is now a professor at Georgetown University. Living in Washington D.C. has its own set of challenges, but certainly it is different from the days when he was a student at Weatherford High School when I first started these devotionals. I saw the alternative birthday wish of “Happy 24 Hours of Constant Facebook Notifications Day” recently and it reminded me how many changes have taken place over the days since his birth. These have been changes in his life and ours. Time will do that. I was reminded of a particular passage of Scripture as I thought through these things. Jesus makes an incredible declaration about His eternal nature. Jesus said, “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.” (Revelation 1:8 ESV). Of course we know that Alpha and Omega are the first and last letters in the Greek alphabet; but this statement carries with it far more significance than that. God isn't speaking about alphabets. He is speaking of reality. God is absolutely the beginning and absolutely the end. Everything that is originates ultimately in him. And everything will somehow end with him. When I think of my family and the special days of their lives, it gives me great comfort that not one moment, much less a day has been squandered or wasted. God has purposed each of them for the working of good in our lives. We won’t get to see Aaron today. He won’t be flying down until Thanksgiving. We will talk to him and I’m sure I’ll be one of those that blows up his phone with a Facebook Notification. And I will use this day to remind myself of all the incredible things God has worked in my life with the great gift of our son. Thirty-two years ago we began this incredible journey. While we don’t know each individual step we shall take in it, we know the end of it. It began in Christ and will end in him as well. With that wonderful thought anchored in my mind, Happy 32nd Birthday, Aaron. May it be a day filled with peace, power, and joy in all that you do! Hope your steps today are easy and your time filled with pleasant interruptions!