Charli's Benediction

Benediction;blessing: a short prayer for divine approval. The orginal sense of the word blessing means " to mark with blood." in faith, we pray this benediction for our daughter, that one day, she will indeed be "marked with the blood" of Christ as she trusts Jesus as her Savior.

We chose the name Charli because we liked it, but we also wanted to write her a benediction that will be our continual prayer for her as we shepherd her heart through many stages of life. It is inspired by the prayers we were lead to pray for her before she was born.

Charli Mae Hendricks:

May the God of hope give your heart courage to
worship unashamedly,
proclaim boldly,
and love fearlessly.

"When I speak of home, I speak of the place where--in default of a better--those I love are gathered together; and if that place were a gypsy's tent, or a barn, I should call it by the same good name notwithstanding." ---Charles Dickens

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Psalm 61

Feels like I'm standing at the edge of the earth right now,
And I need you to hear this prayer;
The sand that I've been standing on in sinking now,
And I need a firm place to stand

So lead me to the Rock that is higher than I am
And teach me to have faith, the kind that you will delight in
Be pleased with me, be pleased with me, oh Jesus

You say that faith is being sure of what we hope for
and certain of what we don't see,
Well I can't see your face or hear your voice right now,
But I'm sure hoping you're hearing me.

So lead me to the Rock that is higher than I am
And teach me to have faith, the kind that you will delight in
Be pleased with me....
Be pleased with me...
oh, Jesus.


-Lindsay Hendricks, 2009