A song I (Ev) ended up listening to quite a lot, on the drive back and forth each day from the hospital in that week of the birth was one by Casting Crowns - Who Am I.  That first week held many "firsts" for us, and it was an emotional rollercoaster - even more so than the pregnancy and the actual birth (although that was a cesarean with 24 hours notice)!  I would never have thought that along with this little bundle of joy Bethany was, would come along such a set of highs and lows through worries over feeding, putting on weight, sleeplessness....

But this song was a great encouragement and strength to me as I thought on the words deeply each day.  Indeed, who are we, that the voice by which all things came into existence should take time to speak a word into my heart and still the turmoil there?  But He has - many times!

Who am I, that the Lord of all the earth 
 Would care to know my name 
 Would care to feel my hurt 
 Who am I, that the Bright and Morning Star 
 Would choose to light the way 
 For my ever wandering heart 

Not because of who I am 
 But because of what You've done 
 Not because of what I've done 
 But because of who You are 

I am a flower quickly fading 
 Here today and gone tomorrow 
 A wave tossed in the ocean 
 A vapor in the wind 
 Still You hear me when I'm calling 
 Lord, You catch me when I'm falling 
 And You've told me who I am 
 I am Yours, I am Yours

Who am I, that the eyes that see my sin 
 Would look on me with love and watch me rise again 
 Who am I, that the voice that calmed the sea 
 Would call out through the rain 
 And calm the storm in me 

I am a flower quickly fading 
 Here today and gone tomorrow 
 A wave tossed in the ocean 
 Vapor in the wind 
 Still You hear me when I'm calling 
 Lord, You catch me when I'm falling 
 And You've told me who I am 
 I am Yours 

I am Yours 
 Whom shall I fear 
 Whom shall I fear 
 'Cause I am Yours 
 I am Yours