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Author's Journal Transcripts for Gayle Crowe

Dr. Gayle Crowe is a veteran Christian evangelist. He is also a member of the Board of Directors for World Christian Broadcasting, the ministry that owns and operates station KNLS. Dr. Crowe serves a church family located in the American State of Indiana. His messages are heard each week on the New Life Station. Yoy may review his most recent article below, or jump to a list of previous articles by Dr. Crowe.

Dr. CrowE's most recent message

Kids-R-Us

Is there any sound more beautiful than a baby’s cry? Oh, I know, wailing that goes on and on can get on your nerves, but when you step back and think of all that cry means, you start hearing with different ears.

The birth of a baby is a time of celebration, a time of rejoicing for everybody concerned. The new mother quickly forgets her pain, and is filled with wonder and delight at the sight of this new creature. The new daddy greets visitors to the hospital or the house with a smile on his face and his chest puffed out.

The whole world is right there in the birth of a baby. So much potential! Who can begin to know what the next 80 or 90 years will bring? What experiences lie ahead? What sort of personality traits will this new, tiny person take on? What skills will she excel in? What lives will he touch? What will others say of her character? How many corners of the world will he brighten?

All these questions run through the parents’ minds over the first few weeks and months as they rock this new little person, change him, feed him, dress him, play with him. Some of my most precious memories with our children are the times I was up in the middle of the night to feed them and rock them back to sleep. Climbing out of bed was hard, but one look at that tiny face and I melted.

A baby is a universal delight because it represents life in its most pure form. It hasn’t been corrupted by the passing of time. A baby is life with a smile on its face. Spending twenty minutes a day with a baby, especially if you’re not around one very often, is an invigorating experience.

What you may not know is that Jesus Christ taught his followers that the name he wanted them to use for God is "Daddy." Not father, not even dad. Daddy. Jesus said we should think of God as our Daddy.

I think that’s fascinating. How can that be? Could it be that when God looks at our lives, he sees us with the same warmth and irresistible affection we feel toward our children? He sees potential, he sees possibilities that we ourselves can’t begin to see. God looks at us with different eyes than we see ourselves. He’s a more perceptive daddy to us than I was to my children because he already knows the talents we have, the skills we can develop, the personality traits we can take on. He knows our character and our habits. Now some of that may be things we’re not too thrilled for God to see. But the fact is, that’s not all he sees. He sees his own influence in our lives, he sees his own imprint on our souls. He sees the big picture—which is pretty hard for us to do about ourselves.

How does your picture of yourself compare with what God sees in you? Maybe we could give you some guidelines to begin thinking about it. Write us at KNLS, Anchor Point, Alaska 99556. Or e-mail us at knls@aol.com.

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