In the spirit of Family Day Weekend, whilst also patiently awaiting the birth of my first child, I decided to lay down some perspective.

Some would say that our baby is now 12 days overdue; I however, recognize this period in time as the baby, or more specifically, God, waiting for us to be fully ready to take charge and become stewards of an eternal soul. In order to be effective stewards in this regard there is a hierarchy in life that needs to be dwelt upon and acknowledged.

My first responsibility as a human being is to recognize that I was fearfully and wonderfully made by the same individual that designed the entire universe. Therefore my first priority in life is to my God and Creator. Upon giving my life to Christ to do with as He sees fit, I have come to a good grasp of this concept and look forward to spending the rest of my life learning more about Him and how He wants me to use my years here on Earth.

But probably one of the most foreign concepts of God being number one in my life came when I married my wife. Not only did she accept this fact about my list of priorities in life, but she also vowed to stand by me forever ranked as number two. In a world full of people striving to be number one in everything, in a society where self-sufficiency is held in the highest regard, I was simply awestruck by a woman who pledged to be my life-mate and never have an expectation to be my first priority in life.

Which brings me here, to a blog for my firstborn, who will henceforth be priority number three in my life.

As I worship my Father in Heaven on a daily basis, I pray this child will recognize who my heart belongs to first and foremost. But I just wanted to make clear to this little one, that as my wife now approaches 10 months of pregnancy – she will always be my number two:

~ Sarena Noelle Elias ~

I thank my number one for bringing me my number two; and I thank my number two for enduring so long, through so much, to present me with my number three!

I am nothing, I deserve none of this – God is awesome!!!