Isaiah 30:15

Our sweet little Haven was baptized this Sunday. At our church we have a tradition that father's give a blessing to their child. Below is the blessing Tyler gave to our precious baby girl.


-HAVEN, one of the things that I love most about you is that you live by faith. You are a fantastic example of what it looks like to put your trust in those who love you more than you love yourself. You really haven't known your mother and I all that long, and yet you fully trust us to provide for you, and care for you, and work out-on your behalf- all the things you can't do for yourself. And what's amazing is that you are- for the most part- extremely content and at rest with this state of affairs! At this point in your life, you seem perfectly fine with us doing "everything" for you-and we delight to do it! Haven, the Holy Spirit has taught me a lot through you. He's taught me a lot about how we are suppose to live by faith in the salvation and provision of our Heavenly Father; accepting His invitation to REST in the work wrought by our High Priest and King Jesus Christ- a labor of unparalleled prodigal love- a work of complete perfection, to satisfy the Only True and Living, Infinitely Holy God--an utterly indispensable work which we could never perform for ourselves. Haven, your names means "rest" or "refuge." Our prayer for you is that the Holy Spirit would incessantly prompt you to make every effort to enter the REST available to you in abundance in the work- the life and death- of our King and Savior Jesus Christ. Our prayer is that you will fight against any and all unbelief that might deter you from giving your full attention and faith to the promise of God in Isaiah 30:15 Where the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel says, "You will be delivered by RETURNING and RESTING; your strength will lie in quiet confidence in what has been done for you."