The Room In My Heart
There is nothing so profound and life changing as the miracle of parental love.  No relationship is equal to the enormity of the love a parent for its child.  It is so deep and unending; it is so intense, and so indescribable, that one cannot know it apart from becoming a parent.While we may have tested the limits of parental love in our own childhood, we first begin to fathom the depth of that love with the birth of our first child.  But that first baby doesn't bring to his parent a complete understanding of how limitless that love really is.I found myself pregnant with our second baby, full of grief and fear: grief for my firstborn, who would soon have to share my devotion and attention; fear for my soon-to-be-second-born, that I couldn't love her with the passion and intensity that I felt for my elder child. Hiding this "weakness" from the world, I didn't know that my fears were the fears of every parent expecting a second child. I waited out the days, making my determined plans to be "fair" and "equal" with my love.Of course, my fears were those of one who hadn't had a second child. The moment she was born, the understanding came: a parent's heart never divides.  It multiplies.  With the birth of my second child came a new supply of intense, passionate love. The only object of that new devotion was our newborn, second baby!So, when waiting for my third baby to be born, there was no doubt. There was no, "Will I love him" introspection.  I knew the secret, a lesson learned from the first two children God had given me.  With a new baby would come new love, new energy, and new devotion.While my husband and I had learned our secret well, there were two others in our home who had not had the opportunity to learn: our two little girls, ages 4 and 2.  Our four-year-old philosopher worried which lap she would sit in when the baby came.  She didn't want to share her mommy and daddy with another baby!Raising my heart to the Lord, I asked for a picture that a child could understand, an explanation that would communicate to her what took me 30 years to understand.This book is the answer that the Lord gave to me.My hope is that the words in these pages will be a tool that parents of all ages can use to communicate their love for their children.Jesus said, "In my father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you.  I go to prepare a place for you. (John 14:2, NKJV)" The most amazing part of the miracle is this: the depth of love a parent feels for her child is only a snapshot of the depth of God's love for you and me.  My prayer is that this little book will help you and others gain a better understanding of His love for you.