This is My Son

This Is My Son

We were married 7 years before God gave us the additional blessing of our son in our lives.

Wayne absolutely adored our son and found much joy in being a father.  He took his responsibility as a father seriously, and modeled to and taught him a life of Faith, integrity, love, responsibility, honesty, self discipline, and self control.  Nurturing and loving a child is such a wonderful gift. 

About a month after being born, our son was baptized.  Wayne loved to write and perform music, so he wrote and sang to our son at his Baptism on December 17, 2006.  If you attended Wayne's service, you heard the recording of him singing it.

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This Is My Son

~By Wayne Burlison

With the innocence of Adam, I bring my son unto the Lord.
And though the devil wants him, his soul's been spoken for.
He is a gift from Heaven, from God who reigns in love;
And he'll always have the Father's Love ...

Chorus:
This is my son
and I love him.
This is my son
with him I'm pleased;
This is my son;
hold him Jesus.
And he'll always have his Father's love.

When Noah took his family, and set out upon the Ark,
They knew not what would greet them, as they sailed into the dark.
I know not what we're in for, but my son will know the Lord.
And, he'll always have his Father's love.

Chorus

In the water and the Spirit, my son will bow before the King.
And hear the angel voices, with hosannas that they sing!
We stand before the altar, precious lamb and perfect love.
We will always have our Father's love.

Chorus

He'll always have his Father's love!

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We are all sons and daughters of Christ; and we are loved.  How wonderful that Wayne can bow before the King, hear the angels sing, and be in His perfect love.

Reflection Verses:

My child, listen when your father corrects you. Don’t neglect your mother’s instruction. What you learn from them will crown you with grace and be a chain of honor around your neck. (Proverbs 1:8, 9 NLT)

God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him. This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins. Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other. No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is brought to full expression in us. And God has given us his Spirit as proof that we live in him and he in us. Furthermore, we have seen with our own eyes and now testify that the Father sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. All who declare that Jesus is the Son of God have God living in them, and they live in God. We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them. And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect. So we will not be afraid on the day of judgment, but we can face him with confidence because we live like Jesus here in this world. (1 John 4:9-17 NLT)