His Daughters'

 

When I hold my precious newest niece, it is a wonderful and special meeting. Anticipating her arrival into the world was a long wait and excitement- to hear her name and see what she would look like. When I hold her, I think of 'daughter'. I think of the meaning of daughter in how God sees us, sees me as His daughter, His child. 

Jesus tells those who meets in the Gospels, to not be afraid, or that their faith has saved them- 'Daughter your faith has saved you, go and sin no more. ' Onne of the episodes I watched of The Chosen depicted the hemorrhaging woman and how she bled for years but found no cure. Her faith was in Jesus and just touching the tassel of his garment, she knew full well that she would be cured of her suffering and ailment. Jesus first said, 'Daughter' and it struck me- it brought tears to my eyes, because that's who we are, His daughters, His children. We can easily be blind to our identity in Christ, as His beloved, as His treasures. 

When I held Araceli, she reminded me of what it means to be a daughter of God, a daughter of the King. My true identity and purpose and mission in this life is as his daughter, His precious one. This niece is precious, beloved and tenderly loved by her parents and all who've met her and who will meet her in our ever growing and expanding family. 

She teaches me to trust more and more as she so helplessly and naturally as an infant is being held and caressed into someone's arms, sleeping, and dozing into her sleepy chamber of baby dreams. 

She is God's daughter, and beloved child. We have so much in common because we are daughters of the King, the Prince of Peace who makes the sun rise and the stars shine. He asks us to trust in Him, and as only a baby can- they trust that their needs will be met, and their whines be heard. Oh, how little and precious, vulnerable and innocent they are. What a beautiful gift and reminder of our dependence and need for God as well, as His daughters'.