Maggie before you came to
this earth you were a beloved daughter of our Father in Heaven and as you counseled
with Him, He gave you the choice on when you would come down to this earth. We are thankful that you chose this time and
our family to join us here.
We bless you Maggie that
you will feel the love that your parents and your family have for you. We bless you that throughout your life you
will know the power of unconditional love.
That you will feel generations that have come before you and have lived
their lives righteously that they could prepare this latter day for you and
your family. You will feel them cheering
you on throughout your life. We bless
you that you will have an eternal view as you go throughout your mortal life
looking for those generations forward that you will influence and bless with
your love. We bless you that you will
feel unconditional love from your parents and your eternal parents as well that
you know the power of love and will radiate love to those around you.
We bless you with the
power of discernment; to not only see right from wrong and the correct path
that you should take but we bless you with the power of discernment to see
those that need you and be able to gather them in around you and to lift those
fallen spirits.
We bless you with a great
sense of humor Maggie, that you will be able to turn situations on their
head. That you will be able to make
people laugh and feel at ease. Thru this
you will be able to gather people to your side to see your smile and bask in your
light. We bless you to be a light in the
darkness.
We bless you Maggie that
as you go throughout your life you will often turn to our Father in
Heaven. That you will remember sitting
at his feet and counseling with him before this earth. We bless you that you will speak to Him as if
he knelt by your side and you will lay your concerns at his feet and you will
hear His voice clearly throughout your life guiding you on the path that you
should take.
We bless you that when
the time comes that you will choose to enter into the Temple of our Holy Father
and that you will be a righteous daughter.
We bless you to be an example to those around you. We bless you Maggie to know that you are
loved and to always remember that you are surrounded by people who are cheering
for you both on this earth and on the other side of the veil. We bless you with these things in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
It is an interesting thing giving a blessing. You can only prepare so much as you ponder what you should say and pray for guidance and you may think you will say one thing only to stand up and hold this precious little girl in your arms and say something completely different. So often when I give blessings I will have so many thoughts come through my head and sometimes while speaking you can even be having a seperate conversation going on in your head in a split second wondering and asking questions on what your mouth is saying. It is an unusual but also very fulfilling experience. Often when I am giving blessings, and this is hard to describe, I see images of the person I am giving the blessing for...little snit bits of their lives or their futures or of them doing something and then I try and verbalize what I'm seeing.
So let me share a few of those feelings, promptings and experiences I had while giving Mags her blessing. (One of my favorite things to do after giving or getting a blessing is to share the 'behind the scenes' if you will with the person I was either giving it to or getting it from. I often find I get more out of the after conversation then the actual blessing. Kind of like praying and then waiting for the answer and conversation to happen after the prayer)
I felt very strongly that Maggie was a very valiant spirit in heaven and that she was a blessed daughter of our Father in Heaven who worked because of her good works and her spirit was given the choice by our Father of where and when she would be born. I almost had a vision of her counseling with our Father in Heaven about this and Him laying out options and saying the good and the bad and where He thought she would grow the most and help those around her the most and I saw her willingly following His counsel, although I felt she was nervous about coming down in the latter days and about leaving His side I almost felt her take a deep breath and give him a hug and take the step.
I felt her connection to her ancestors. I felt her studying, watching and encouraging them on from the other side as they labored here on earth. I felt her cheering for them in their triumphs and holding them up in their trials. I felt them recognising her actions and now that it is her turn they are there cheering her on and repaying her service to them recognizing that she was there in their darkest hours and in their happiest moments.
I felt that she would have a very close relationship with our Father in Heaven. That the closeness and the comraderie (for lack of a better word) that they had before this earth would continue. I was almost taken a back and even started to cry as I felt the intimacy that she would have when she prayed to our Father in Heaven and that she would know His voice and would have conversations with Him on a daily basis. I even thought...she is going to have her aunt Becki's gift and I was so thankful she would have Him so close to her. Thru this gift I felt that she will have the ability to read people and situations really well and make people feel at ease no matter their background. She will have a finite percision in reading emotions and have a knack for reaching people that seem unreachable and part of this will be done with her sense of humor. I felt that she is going to be such a quick wit and take me to the places that I will be laughing so hard I'm crying.
More then anything I felt how connected this little girl and I are going to be which was an answer to my prayer as I have stuggled with a little post partum (if that can happen for men) with her birth and didn't connect as much with her as a newborn. But this blessing and other experiences have assured my soul that we are going to have a connection, Maggie and I, that I can't wait to forge.
After church we had our families from both sides come over to the house for a dinner. It had been raining non stop for a week before and we were worried we weren't going to be able to host everyone from both sides of the family inside the house. Our prayers were heard and we they skies cleared up enough that people were able to flow in and out of the house.
It is an interesting thing giving a blessing. You can only prepare so much as you ponder what you should say and pray for guidance and you may think you will say one thing only to stand up and hold this precious little girl in your arms and say something completely different. So often when I give blessings I will have so many thoughts come through my head and sometimes while speaking you can even be having a seperate conversation going on in your head in a split second wondering and asking questions on what your mouth is saying. It is an unusual but also very fulfilling experience. Often when I am giving blessings, and this is hard to describe, I see images of the person I am giving the blessing for...little snit bits of their lives or their futures or of them doing something and then I try and verbalize what I'm seeing.
So let me share a few of those feelings, promptings and experiences I had while giving Mags her blessing. (One of my favorite things to do after giving or getting a blessing is to share the 'behind the scenes' if you will with the person I was either giving it to or getting it from. I often find I get more out of the after conversation then the actual blessing. Kind of like praying and then waiting for the answer and conversation to happen after the prayer)
I felt very strongly that Maggie was a very valiant spirit in heaven and that she was a blessed daughter of our Father in Heaven who worked because of her good works and her spirit was given the choice by our Father of where and when she would be born. I almost had a vision of her counseling with our Father in Heaven about this and Him laying out options and saying the good and the bad and where He thought she would grow the most and help those around her the most and I saw her willingly following His counsel, although I felt she was nervous about coming down in the latter days and about leaving His side I almost felt her take a deep breath and give him a hug and take the step.
I felt her connection to her ancestors. I felt her studying, watching and encouraging them on from the other side as they labored here on earth. I felt her cheering for them in their triumphs and holding them up in their trials. I felt them recognising her actions and now that it is her turn they are there cheering her on and repaying her service to them recognizing that she was there in their darkest hours and in their happiest moments.
I felt that she would have a very close relationship with our Father in Heaven. That the closeness and the comraderie (for lack of a better word) that they had before this earth would continue. I was almost taken a back and even started to cry as I felt the intimacy that she would have when she prayed to our Father in Heaven and that she would know His voice and would have conversations with Him on a daily basis. I even thought...she is going to have her aunt Becki's gift and I was so thankful she would have Him so close to her. Thru this gift I felt that she will have the ability to read people and situations really well and make people feel at ease no matter their background. She will have a finite percision in reading emotions and have a knack for reaching people that seem unreachable and part of this will be done with her sense of humor. I felt that she is going to be such a quick wit and take me to the places that I will be laughing so hard I'm crying.
More then anything I felt how connected this little girl and I are going to be which was an answer to my prayer as I have stuggled with a little post partum (if that can happen for men) with her birth and didn't connect as much with her as a newborn. But this blessing and other experiences have assured my soul that we are going to have a connection, Maggie and I, that I can't wait to forge.
Maggie took photos with both sets of Grandparents. My parents above and Anna's below.
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