Birthday Of A Friend

FATHER OF EACH BIRTHDAY, I’m happy to celebrate the day my friend was born. You were there that day, God. You saw that her parents were out of their minds with excitement over the life you began nine months earlier and gave to them as a gift. Now an adult, my friend is a woman who sparkles, glows, and radiates your love to people around her. I feel rich for knowing her.

You describe your creative work in us as wonderfully complex, to which some around us might smile and say a hearty “Amen!” Whenever life feels especially complex to my friend, please help her remember that you always understand us—even on days we can’t seem to understand ourselves.

Loving Maker, please help my friend remember that before she was born, every single moment of her life was known to you. You have been, you are, and you will continue to be with her each day. May she trust you to be her faithful guide. Your thoughts about each of us are precious, and they can’t be numbered. Please help my friend to feel cherished in your sight.

Please satisfy her each day with your unfailing love, and bless her generously in the year ahead. Thank you, Father, for giving me such a special friend.