Little Ella, live His light

I started this blog because family and friends wanted to see pictures of Ella. So far, it's mostly been all about Ella. And that's ok.

BUT sometimes it's easy right now to talk about Ella and parenting in terms of feeding, sleeping, development, etc. Those are real and important parts of my life right now, but our real desire for Ella is that she would belong to the Lord. A few months before she was born, my dear friend Rachel wrote this poem at my request, and it's wonderful. Johnny was singing it to Ella the other day, and I've been remembering it and thinking on it since then. How we pray these things will be true of her!

Enchanting glory of the sun—
a picture, dear, of the radiant One
Life is brilliant, if spent on Him—
the Risen One, who bore your sin
Little Ella, O live His light!
Adorn the King; adore the Christ!
A little flame lights up great dark,
so take His mantle; bear His mark.

-R.E.V. 4/5/08


***in case you're wondering, the "light" theme is because in those baby name books, "light" was one of the meanings given for the name Ella. But even without that, I think it's perfect for the poem!***