To my son on his birthday…
“…love I have beyond all men, love that now you share with me. What have I to wish you then but that you grow both good and free? That grace to you our Lord would give, and stronger days to live…”
Today my son Israel turns seven years of age.
We had already observed the occasion in a small get-together at the local park on Sunday (as his birthday fell on a weekday this year) but today is the actual day.
On March 30th, seven years ago, the Lord blessed me with the healthy birth of my second child, a son, whom I named Israel Elias Kirk. Israel… a name I gave him to keep him humble, and also as a reminder of the sorry birthright he inherited from his father.
A Place To Stand 