Presentation of Isaac Ryan Cravey, September 11, 2005

Holy God,

Thank you for this tiny bundle, this miracle, Isaac Ryan Cravey…Isaac means “laughter”, Ryan…his father’s name.

Thank you for his safe arrival and for his and Mommy’s good health.

Thank you for placing Isaac into this family where he will be overwhelmed with love, intellect, compassion, wit, life lived wide open and out loud. May Matt and Nancy drink deeply of the deliciousness of Isaac’s life.

Thank you for the laughter you will provide him, for you are the source of laughter…at times irrepressible, at times contagious, at times his safety net, at times a safety net for those who love him.

Thank you for his larger family of grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins.

Thank you for his Sunday School teachers, choir teachers, extended worship leaders, tone chimes teachers, youth leaders, his entire church family who fell in love with him even before first sight.

I pray that we, as Isaac’s church, will grow with him, re-experience life with him, teach him what Jesus’ love looks like on Earth, hold his hand on his exciting journey, cry and, yes, laugh with him.

This prayer we offer in the name of Jesus who wants us to be trusting, just as Isaac trusts his mommy and daddy,

Amen


By Janice Kirkman