Few moments bend the knee like holding a newborn. This is a prayer for that holy, exhausted wonder — for parents, grandparents, or anyone welcoming a child.
The prayer
Father, thank you for this child — this heritage from you, small enough to carry and vast enough to change everything.
We dedicate this little one to you before anything else gets a claim. May your love be the first and last word over this life.
Bless the growing: body and mind, laughter and language, faith arriving early and staying late. Guard this child through every night we cannot watch.
And equip us who love this baby — with patience for the sleepless stretch, wisdom for the years ahead, and grace to show this child your face. Amen.
Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD — the oldest birth announcement in the world, and still true.
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