Help- need bible verse or blessing for baby shower

[LittleBlue22]

Hi- I'm attending a baby shower soon and am looking for an encouraging bible verse to put in/on the card. Any ideas?

One that comes to my mind is in Gen. 1 where it says, "I will greatly increase your pains in childbearing; with pain you will give birth to children".... I don't think this is a very encouraging bible verse.

A bible verse or blessing for a baby boy would be great.

Thanks in advance for your replies .

 

[Robinrs]

When my child was born he was 6lbs and 11oz and his Dad's name was Isaiah... I looked up Isaiah 6:11, nothing there, but amazingly Isaiah 11:6 says "a small child shall lead them"...

It has summarized my son's reason on this earth for the past 15 years.

 

[jagafen]

We used this on our son's announcement

" Of all created things, the lovliest and most divine are children" -William Canton

We were raised by religious parents, but don't practice one particular faith. I like it becasue it made reference to creation/God, but did not come off as being an overtly religious statement. I have no idea who William Canton is though!

 

[LittleBlue22]

We used this on our son's announcement

" Of all created things, the lovliest and most divine are children" -William Canton

We were raised by religious parents, but don't practice one particular faith. I like it becasue it made reference to creation/God, but did not come off as being an overtly religious statement. I have no idea who William Canton is though!

I don't either, but I like the phrase. Here's a result I found on Wikipedia:

William Canton
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William Canton (October 27, 1845 - May 2, 1926) was a British journalist and writer, now best known for his contributions to children's literature. These include his series of three books, beginning with The Invisible Playmate written for his daughter Winifred Vida (1891-1901).

He was born at Chusan in China to a Catholic family of civil servants. He studied for the priesthood at Douai, but eventually left the Roman Catholic Church to become a protestant. He worked as a journalist in London and Glasgow. He also wrote poetry, and a substantial history of the Bible Society.


[edit] Works
A Lost Epic and other poems (1887)
The fairy princess, and other poems
The Invisible Playmate: A Story of the Unseen (1894)
W. V. Her Book (1896)
A Child's Book of Saints (1898)
Children's sayings : edited with a digression on the small people (1900)
In memory of W. V. (1901)
The Comrades (1902) poems
A history of the British and Foreign Bible Society, 5 vols (1904-1910).
The Bible and the Anglo-Saxon People (1914)
Poems (1927, Harrap)
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Canton"

 

[Holly Sox]

Hi- I'm attending a baby shower soon and am looking for an encouraging bible verse to put in/on the card. Any ideas?

One that comes to my mind is in Gen. 1 where it says, "I will greatly increase your pains in childbearing; with pain you will give birth to children".... I don't think this is a very encouraging bible verse.

A bible verse or blessing for a baby boy would be great.

Thanks in advance for your replies .

One of my favorites is Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV) "'For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the Lord. 'Plans to prosper you and not to harm you. Plans to give you hope, and a future.'"

 

[Bluesdad]

Psalms 139:13-16
For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.

 

[crzyred]

"Build me a son, O Lord,
who will be strong enough to know when he is weak,
and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid,
one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat,
and humble and gentle in victory."

"Even before the stars lit up the sky, your little boy had a special place in the heart of God."

"Nothing is as precious or brings home so much love, as a brand new baby sent from above."

 

[babytrees]

A friend painted on a onesie

"We all shall be changed"

 

[uratoon]

This is the only one I have right now.

John 16:21
When a woman gives birth, she has distress because her time has come, but when her child is born, she no longer remembers the suffering because of her joy that a human being has been born into the world.

 

[LittleBlue22]

"Build me a son, O Lord,
who will be strong enough to know when he is weak,
and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid,
one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat,
and humble and gentle in victory."

http://1stholistic.com/Reading/liv_poem-build-me-a-son.htm

"Even before the stars lit up the sky, your little boy had a special place in the heart of God."

http://babyboy2007.blogspot.com/ ( its here, trust me)

"Nothing is as precious or brings home so much love, as a brand new baby sent from above." http://www.melindatanner.com/newbirthpoetry.htm (in here some where too)

*** a bunch of other great quotes http://www.scrapbook.com/quotes/cat/108.html


babytrees, that's too funny. I saw a bib that said, "what happens on the potty, stays in the potty". I'm not sure why they'd put that on a bib though.

Its going to be tough choosing what to write/type. Thanks all .

 

[laurie31]

Psalm 127:3 Sons are a heritage from the LORD,
children a reward from him.

4 Like arrows in the hands of a warrior
are sons born in one's youth.

5 Blessed is the man
whose quiver is full of them.


1 Samuel 1:27
I prayed for this child, and the LORD has granted me what I asked of him


James 1:17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of Light.

 

[Mouse House Mama]

God sends love to earth with every little baby's birth!

I also like -
Thanks be to God for this indescribable gift.- Psalms 7:8


Jeremiah 1:5 "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart;"


Where there is great love there are great miracles.


How exciting! There is nothing like a baby! Good luck!

 

[LittleBlue22]

Its so hard to choose b/c the shower I'm attending is tomorrow morning. I may have to print out a mini book for her instead.