I love getting gifts.  I also love giving them, when I can figure out a good gift to give.  Tomorrow I’m going to a baby shower for my very first nephew.   My brother is finally having a baby, and I’m so excited.   As I was thinking about what to get them, on a very limited budget, I wanted it to be something meaningful, and not just a few cute outfits or books, like I would normally get.

We all know the importance of affirmation, of speaking worth to each other.  We know, either from having it, or missing it, why we need to be told we have potential.  That we have worth and meaning.  And it’s hard to be intentional.  Speaking words of worth into people is something that easily gets overlooked.

But sometimes you have the chance to make a mark on a person – even on a baby.  You can speak affirming words into their life, into the lives of their parents.  We need to remind each other sometimes of why we are here.  Why we were created.  Of what we still have left to do.

So, it’s very fortunate that one of my absolutely favorite artists has a song that fits perfectly into this theme.  I bought a onesie from their store (I swear I get nothing from this advertising, haha!), and since that wasn’t the most amazing present ever (my sister got them a gorgeous high chair), I created an awesome wrapping job.

I wish I could show you all of the pictures.  It made me cry the first time.  I’m expecting major weepage tomorrow.  Of course, she’s 7 months pregnant so it’s not going to be that hard to make her cry, but still.

I created pictures, like the one above, only with both of their faces, and typed in the lyrics of the song into each picture.  Then I fabric wrapped the outfit, and used 13 layers of wrapping, and tied a photo to each layer.  So as the song plays, she’ll open it and see beautiful pictures of her and my brother, along with the lyrics to this beautiful, inspiring song, reminding them of who this little baby is and why he was created.

Oh, I have one picture that doesn’t have their faces.  I took a bunch of pictures they had loaded on Facebook to use, and in a couple of the pictures my SIL is holding an umbrella, of course.

Really, what pregnant woman wouldn’t see this and cry?  4 minutes and 20 seconds of tears.  The onesie is going to seem like such an awesome gift after that, right?  It better.

I’m actually so thankful a song like this exists.  I’ve been playing it over and over while I worked on this (along with all of their wonderfully poetic songs) and this phrase is sticking in my mind:

You were meant for amazing things.