“Lord,” I prayed, “You know how much I love children and how I always longed to be a mom to a house full of children. Still, there was always the wondering what life would have been like had more Jaynes children filled the rooms, scattered their toys, and left handprints on the walls. And yet, when I looked at this sleeping man-child, loved filled every nook and cranny of my heart till I thought it would burst. Years of infertility struggles and the loss of our second child left us with a hollow echo of the heart that we feared would never be filled. When Steven was born, we had no idea we would be raising him as an only child. I thought about how much I loved this boy. He was six feet tall, needed a shave and sported a mass of shaggy, thick brown hair. I stood at Steven’s bedroom door, watching this now 17-year-old son asleep in a tangle of sheets and limbs. He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all - how will he not also … graciously give us all things? This selection is written by Sharon Jaynes. Editor's Note: The following article is excerpted from Trusting God: A Girlfriends in God Devotional, by Sharon Jaynes, Gwen Smith, & Mary Southerland (Multnomah Books, 2011).
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