Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the Lord: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy God.

–Isaiah 66:9

As I played with my grandchildren one day, they were showing me their new toys just recently acquired at Christmas. At one point, my grandson began fishing around under the couch, vigorously looking for something. He found it. It was his prized “Thomas the Tank Engine” ball. He smiled a big smile, bounced it around and then stopped in the middle of the floor looking at me with his big blue eyes, his head cocked to one side and the sweetest expression on his little face. He looked at me and said, “Grammy,” with so much love.