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As I was leaving the Watermark offices today, one of my staff buddies and I were talking about what it’s like to be new father.  It was a fun conversation about how hard it is, but at the same time so very very sweet.  Over the last several days, my body has taken a beating from being sick.  That coupled with a lack of sleep has made the fog of parenthood even more souplike.  As we talked I mentioned that the process is “brutally awesome”  Seems like a good description.  One one hand, it has been over three years since we have had a newborn in our house.  How quickly we forget just how many diapers there are to change and how many bottles need washing.  Of course, I get an automatic vacation from the hard work each day when I get to leave for work…  While I am there having great conversations with other adults, there are diapers being blown out, a 3 year old decorating the hallway walls with crayons, laundry piling up, arguments between the “big sisters” to be worked through, and more and more bottles. Brutal.

But on the other hand, there are the times when little Lauren spends the evening sleeping in my lap.  Opening her eyes and wrapping her little fingers around my pinky.  And then she smiles.  What newborns are dreaming about that makes them smile like they do is unknown to me, but just maybe they have sweet knowledge of their creator that we have long forgotten.  So beyond the cries, the diapers, the bottles, and the sleepless nights, there is an ever present reminder that we have always been made in God’s image, being knitted together in our mother’s womb.  We truly are fearfully and wonderfully made.  His works are wonderful.  I know that full well.  And that is amazingly awesome.