Nathan's birthday

Nathan turned eight years old yesterday. Here are his poem and video (the video thumbnail is weird because of Vimeo).

Nathan

Eight years have gone by, each one filled with joy.
Eight years since we’ve been given the most wonderful boy.
Now eight years later we could never have dreamt
How eight years ago the Lord would have sent
Such a gift of pure mercy—
to those undeserving as we
Such a gift of pure joy
for our weary eyes to see.

Passionate, thoughtful, caring and eager.
Loving. Learning—an insatiable reader.

Lord, please capture his passion, his heart, and his zeal,
Grant him to discover the hidden treasure in Your field.
Open his eyes to the great truth You’ve concealed;
and fill him with joy when You make his heart yield.
Yes, give him the desire to buy that field;
To sell all that he has to obtain what is real.
Capture his heart; guard it with Your Holy Seal.
And give him the strength to every day kill
sinful flesh which threatens to subdue his will
to cherish the treasure he found in the field.



Nathan from M Freeman on Vimeo.