You’ve been told it happens in the blink of an eye.
The mirage of those miles of years not-yet-traveled reveals to be a quick walk around the block.
The hands of time unable to be held against their will, no matter the hearts who beg them.
Because Just like that…
When you least expect…
When you turn your back for a mere minute…
The first of your eleven grandchildren is all grown up.
A beautiful four-year old brimming in joy, she wraps her finger around the heart-strings of our son with no children of his own at the time; yet falls in love with this child and her mother during their first hug around his neck.
Only to find her place at the family table which had been hers all along, we just didn’t know it at the time.
Brooklyn’s journey into our lives is a love story written only by God and one I pray she shares with the world.
A book of pages and chapters still being written by the Author of her life, who holds the pen and keeps in suspense the secrets He’ll one day unveil in their appointed time.
An excerpt when four-year old Brooklyn finds her place in our hearts.
BORN OF MY HEART
By Lori A Alicea
I choose you! For no other reason than it was always meant to be; I choose you! Loving a child as your own is yes, a choice, but never seems like one.
Love is powerful. Love allows you to expand the borders of your family without ever noticing. Love is color blind. It has no need for a DNA test. Love is reason enough and rewards a double blessing when you choose to love those born of the heart.
Click here to read the entire story…
Just like that…
Our spunky four-year old is growing and blooming before our very eyes.
Once hidden in God’s garden under the shadow of the afternoon sun, is this delicate bud He destines to be a rose.
Brooklyn…
In God’s great plan you are…
A child of destiny…
You are a world changer, blessed from the womb, ordained for greatness, settled into grace, marinated in faith, formed in Christ and developed at Calvary’s feet…
Excerpt from:
The Prophetic Parent
Letters from God with Prophetic Prayers for your Children
By Ivan Tait
We receive these prophetic words for you.
Just like that…
We’re lighting the candles on those birthday cakes which celebrate the milestone bridges you have crossed in your life.
Leaving your tweens for teens…
Brooklyn turns 13…
Brooklyn’s Sweet 16…
Our first look at Brooklyn as a beautiful woman at eighteen…
A legal adult now able to vote and drive…
Just like that…
The garden God grows finds you much too exquisite to keep to Himself…
And must now share you with the world.
The family nest which has kept you safe and secure among your parents and siblings finds you stirring and ready to test the wings your parents have been preparing these eighteen years for flight.
Not ready to leave your place in the nest any time soon, but restless to sense the direction God is sending you into the wind.
Just like that…
As you face the fork in the road which faces the east, the west, the north and the south and you ask of the Lord, “Which way?”
Going forward in your destiny with God you’ll find that He is enough for every question, for every concern, for every desire; all He requires is our hunger and thirst for Him.
Brooklyn, there is a call on your life that only He will reveal when you seek, when you search, when you have faith to find.
Here is a prayer we speak over our Brooke as you stretch your wings to fly.
Excerpt from:
The Prophetic Parent
By Ivan Tait
Today We Pray…
Matthew 5:8 over my children (and grandchildren).
They that hunger and thirst after righteousness shall be satisfied.
I pray the spirit of hunger over my children: a hunger for God, His will and to satisfy their destiny. They will fulfill their calling in God and have a hunger to know all of His plans for their life.
All day long they will hunger after God and be satisfied with the righteousness of His kingdom.
In the Name of Jesus.
