Frankie's first acting role

Frankie played Baby Jesus in last night's Nativity play at Elena and Sam's school. I thought he might be a challenge as he is not always the calmest baby in the evenings. He was starting to arch his back and fuss right before it was time to go on, and then he calmed down and looked adorable for his whole "performance." Elena and Sam also did a great job singing their songs with much enthusiasm. We have yet to witness one of our children who does not love being on stage, but I guess that's appropriate considering that is where Seth and I met.

As you can see, Frankie was pretty popular with his fellow cast members:



Seeing our own baby up there made me appreciate in a new way the sacrifice that God made by sending his Son to us in the form of a precious and innocent baby, knowing the price he would pay for our sins. At the end of the play, one of the angels talked about how this baby would go on to undergo great suffering for our sake. At that moment, I felt like I had a teeny-tiny glimpse of the immensity of God's love for us when I contemplated how extremely difficult it would be to offer up my baby - my baby! - to endure a future horrific death for the salvation of others. It was paralyzing for me to even imagine it, and God actually went through with it.