Baby Girl

So if you haven't already heard the news, Jenn and I found out on April 27th that we are going to be having a baby girl. I'm so ecstatic about finding out about her. I have always wanted to have at least one boy and one girl, and God has blessed me with both. But as I have had some time to reflect upon having a girl, I've began to wonder what kind of a father I will be for her. I truly believe that raising a boy is different from a girl. My main worries about Peyton are will he know how to be a man, will he stand for what he believes in, will make it to adulthood without to many major injuries, but with a baby girl, I haven't different worries or concerns. I know exactly what teenage boys think about teenage girls, and it makes me angry, sad and concerned to know that one day a teenage boy is going to look at my little girl and think impure thoughts about her. I don't know if other father's feel like this happens or will happen to their daughters or not, but it makes me upset in my stomach to know that what God has beautifully created will one day be looked upon in an unclean manner. I know this is true, because I have looked upon His creation in this manner. My heart is filled with pain and sorrow to know that there is nothing I can really do to keep this from happening. The encouraging thing though is that I know that my son and daughter have a creator in the Father who looks upon them with love. All He sees is His beautiful creation. So it has become my prayer for my son to grow up with the integrity to look upon women as creations from God and for my daughter to embrace the way the Father looks upon her. For her to know that no matter what some teenage boy says about her looks, that what truly matters is that her earthly father, and more importantly heavenly Father will always look at her and see the woman of God that she is created to become. This if for all you fathers out there who know or will experience the same things I am right now.