cereal?

I just finished reading Philemon to the kids.  I don't know if they really got anything out of it, but I did.  I really enjoyed breaking it down into individual verses for them, because they weren't the only ones that reaped the benefits. :)

HMMM. . .

What to read to them next?

Ah Ha!

Jonah will be a fun book to read verse by verse with them.

Let's start out by reading the introduction in my Life Application Study Bible. . .

"Sin runs rampant in society--daily headlines and overflowing prisons bear dramatic witness to that fact.  With child abuse, pornography, serial killings, . . ."

Ethan, "CEREAL?"

Lots of giggles from both of them.

Okay!

After I had started reading, I was wondering what I would tell him when he asked, "what is pornography".  I guess I didn't have to worry about that!  It seems that the "serial (cereal) killings" left more of an impression on him.

I love that kids are so LITERAL!

(well, most of the time) :)

tuesday 8 june 2010

The big day has come! He finally did it!

MUCH excitement.

turning the pedals around to JUST the right place before starting.

anticipating showing Dad

HUGE smiles after every run.

calling "Cousin Friend" to share the news

"I think when Daddy sees me he will be SO happy."

"I think when Daddy sees me he will yell and clap!"

"I am so glad that I learned when I was still 4."

"Grandma, I can ride WITHOUT training wheels!"

"I am SO glad that I learned how."

Little Sis is the BEST cheerleader! Full of encouragement and clapping for Big Brother.

Happy Day! Such exitement! Congrats to you, Ethan!

We love you and love watching you grow up.

i sing the mighty power of GOD,

that made the mountains rise. . .While all that borrows life from Thee is ever in Thy care; And everywhere that we can be, Thou, God art present there.

I can't believe that it is the first Monday of June already. My how time flies when you get busy! I still have no medical explanation for all the things that happened to me this month. One thing I know for sure is that I slowed down a good deal and had lots of time to think. Not a bad thing, by the way! This past week as our family tried to better learn the above song, I was STRUCK by the line in the 3rd verse that says "While all that borrows life from Thee. . ." Isn't that just the whole truth? Do I have life? Do I make myself wake up every morning? Am I in control? NO, NO, NO! I am BORROWING life from HIM! What a wonderful thought. Now the next thought that came to mind is about how I treat things that I borrow from friends. Do I borrow a friend's belonging and missuse or misstreat it? Or do I handle it with utmost care so that I can return it in the same condition that it was given me? O.K. This is getting more sobering as I go. How do I handle this life that I am borrowing from the MOST AWESOME God? How do I treat my body, THE TEMPLE OF THE MOST HIGH? I guess this is all common sense, but it just hit me very hard when we were singing one day this week, and I am ashamed to say that I fall very short. I am very thankful for God's grace and forgiveness. I hope that I can keep this foremost in my mind for quite some time! I have many other things to be thankful for too, and I will try once again to name just a few!

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91 - dad, kids, & rough gruff (read wrestling on foam mattresses)

92 - dad, kids, & hilarious giggling (read sweaty, tired, beyond histerical kids!)

93 - a dad who brings home fun stuff for his boy

94 - first tomatoes of the season from brother's greenhouse

95 - strawberry shortcake

96 - visits with an elderly aunt

97 - inspiring messages at the conference

98 - visiting a bird sanctuary with old friends

99 - snow cones at Cedarville even if there weren't tents

100 - kids that wash cars

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From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the LORD'S name is to be praised. -Psalm 113:3