What about heaven?

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For the last month, we have read the same book to Carter before bed, “what about heaven?” Tonight, I let him read it and here is a list of Truths that this 2 ½ year old knows…

You cannot get there by boat or by car

The way is with Jesus believing in Him

There is no night in heaven

Deaf will all hear

Animals will not fight

Have a room of your own

There will be a grand celebration when heaven and earth become one creation

After he was done “reading” it, I said “you and I will be in heaven together someday. Won’t that be fun?”

Carter replied his huge silly smile, “Yeah!! I am SO excited!!”

God is so good! Thank you for the precious reminders of what is important!

Going to get a haircut! : (

Go Gran PePapa

My Boys!

Zoo with Daddy

Stephen took Carter to the zoo, so I could work. Then they went to Chick-fila. Fun Day with Daddy!

Bargain GeoTracks

$5 GeoTracks...at the discount area in Goodwill! He loves it and is soo good at putting it together. mid-august

Funny Faces!

He loves making funny faces in the mirror after bathtime. This is his "best" one! : )

The Wiggles!!

Alyssa's Wedding Aug. 1st

July 4th

Loving School & Arise! Cry Out!

So in my last post I mentioned that Carter HATED school. He cried all day for the first three days and they called me once to come get him early. They also asked me to shorten the hours of him being there until he got a little more use to it. So it has been getting a little better with each day. He was still kicking and screaming when I would leave but would settle down and have a good day. Well last night Robin and I were together praying over ACO and we always end praying for our kids. She really emphasized her request in asking God to give them a great week.

Well imagine this, instead of Carter crying for the hour before getting to school and saying "stay at home" "mommy stay" "I dont want to go" over and over.... He said "I go to school" "I play with friends" "I play outside at school" "I paint at school" over and over!

What in the world! God really cares about a two-year old's day at school!! How Awesome!

Ok so now about Arise! Cry Out! (ACO) Mark your calendars NOVEMBER 14th 9am to 1pm. ... Mom's in Touch International is hosting a world wide day of prayer...Find a host-site near you!! HE is going to do AMAZING things in the lives of women and Children!! Watch this video and find a host-site near you. http://momsintouch.org/Home/tabid/459/Default.aspxIf a host site isn't close to you, i encourage you driving to go to this event. Don't worry I will continue to talk about this event! : )

Carter Update

Knows his Alphabet and letters
Knows some of his colors
Knows his shapes

Has said Memama instead of grandmama but now it is changing : ( at the moment it is GranMemama Precious! Grandpapa is Pipapa

Loves baby Ross and baby Mia. Asks to hold their hands.

Is now sleeping in a pack -in-play next to his big bed! In the Big bed he would cry/scream/ through a fit for over an hour every night. So I finally prayed about it and God showed me that he still liked his pack-in-play...so I set it up and he now goes easily down every night. Actually the last few nights, have been a bit more difficult..but still much better! Thank you Father God for caring about the little things!

Loves Koda. Now calls him Kodabear! really cute.

Started school yesterday....cried all day long. Breaks my heart!

Eats at little table in kitchen.

Loves to make funny faces in the mirror after a bath.

Loves dots....strange!

Loves to go on walks. He pushes is wagon while I poorly attempt to get a workout. I'll do lunges, etc... while waiting on him...but then he will start doing them as well.

In the mornings, if I don't get up and get his breakfast to him fast enough, he gets in our bed and says... God, Thank you, Amen. Then proceeds to feed me pretend food!

Since he dislikes school, I have told him that Jesus goes with him to school and is in his heart. Ever so often out of the blue or whenever "school" is mentioned he first says "mommy is here" then says "Jesus in heart" as he points to his chest! Then he list daddy, grandmama, and grandpapa having Jesus in their hearts as well!

I bought him new shoes that look like Daddy's. So he now calls them "daddy's shoes" and gets so excited to where them.

He says "Thank you, Mommy or Daddy" or I love you, Mommy or Daddy" all the time!

He also says "stop" seriously ALL the time. It is now a no-no in our house.

A Deadly Beauty!

This has been an amazing week. He has revealed himself in so many ways. One way was in His Protection of my mom and Carter. They were in my mom's backyard. Mom was working in one of her small flowerbeds. She looks down and sees this!! Carter was about 8 feet from it and mom at one point was only inches from it. Mom ran in with Carter put her boots on and then killed it with a shovel. Well, of course, before killing it she had to get pictures. If this thing wasn't deadly, it would be beautiful! And here is our very own and thankfully very dead copperhead.

grumblings really matter

A lesson I really need to hear every hour!

Phil. 2:14 -15 basically tells us to not complain, grumble, or argue about anything and if we do then it will allow us to shine brightly in the midst of our world.

We need to speak statements of gratefulness to our souls, not grumbling because ultimately we are gripping at God! (numbers 20)

We need to speak You statements of Praise to God, instead of I statements about self to ourselves!

Me, Myself, & Lies: Combat Anger issues

What He revealed through Week 4 Day 4.

I have to be alert to my sins and the schemes of the enemy. Believing the enemy's lies (which in itself is sin) leads to anger...which doesn't achieve the righteousness of God (James 1:19-20), and anger lives in fools (Eccl. 7:9)... for me my anger leads to more sin because i act out on my anger.

So how do I combat those lies which so easily led to SO many of my sins... with the shield of faith and the Sword of the Spirit. The verses I posted below speak directly to several lies that the enemy likes to tell me.

This is huge for me. I really struggle with being angry and harboring ill feelings towards those who have offended me. However, I believe that many of the reasons I experience anger is not based on TRUTH but based on false assumptions that the enemy has whispered to me. I don't recognize the lie and therefore regard the lie as truth which lead to anger which, for me, usually leads to sin.

How I praise Him for showing me the root of many of my sins!

Mini example: a friend says a little comment that hurts my feelings. The enemy tells me that the friend doesn't like me. I believe it. So i get angry and say hurtful things back.

My sin was believing the enemy's lie, which lead to angry, which lead to sin.

Me, Myself, & Lies: Shield of Faith

So this is what I just studied today, and I had to make it for my bathroom mirror. : ) As many of you know that is the only way i get through my days. So thought i would share. When the lion roars is referring to I Peter 5:8...the enemy.

When the lion roars, “God doesn’t listen to you,” I say…

The LORD is near to all who call on him,
to all who call on him in truth.

He fulfills the desires of those who fear him;
he hears their cry and saves them.

Psalm 145:18-19

When the lion roars, “You have no value or purpose,” I say…

But now, thus says the LORD, your Creator, O Jacob, And He who formed you, O Israel, "Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are Mine! "When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched, Nor will the flame burn you.

Isaiah 43:1-2

When the lion roars, “Your problem is unfixable,” I say…

¹⁷'Ah Lord GOD! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and by Your outstretched arm! Nothing is too difficult for You,

Jeremiah 32:17

When the lion roars, “You are abandoned,” I say…

What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? Romans 8:31

When the lion roars, “ You’re a loser,” I say…

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. Romans 8: 37

When the lion roars, “You’ve blown it. God can’t accept you,” I say…

For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 8: 38-39

When the lion roars, “Nobody cares about you,” I say…

³Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, ⁴who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God. 2 Corinthians 1:3-4

When the lion roars, “You have no willpower,” I say…

For God did not give us a spirit of fear and timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.

2 Timothy 1:7

Carter 2 years & 3 months

Carter says his name as "CarCar"

Favorite things to do:
Mimic cousin braeden... everything he does!
to watch utube videos of laughing baby and Henry bite my finger
so he loves the computer
Run!
build blocks then KNOCK them down
go to church
Go to swimming pool.. he always asked to go..we will be pulling up to the house from the pool and he will ask to go! Loves his life jacket and can "swim" all by himself.
to sing.. songs.. one is Praise Baby's...holy, holy is the Lamb
On Praise Baby, he will tell me watch is going to be shown next
He loves:
Butterflies
Tigers
Milk
eating
Grandpapa and Grandmama calls them "mi papa" and Mi mama" Cute!

Just moved him to a big bog bed... he so loves it and is doing a great job staying in it!!

Reminder to self that He works in our lives!

So many miracles have happened in the last few weeks. I want my kids to know how powerfully God really does work in our lives.

Brooklynn fell onto concrete and had a 4 to 5 inch skull fracture. She stayed in the hospital a night to make sure their was no brain damage. She has had a hard but fast recovery as she is now here in Little Rock visiting family. Praise God for His angels watching over her!

Babies, Babies everywhere!! 3 couples at our church have been struggling with either adopting or getting pregnant for quite sometime. All 3 couples are either pregnant or have adopted a baby! God really does hear our prayers!

He is good, alive and working! i just needed a reminder and hope that it encourages others and my kiddos one day to always keep petitioning Him cause He wants to take care of us!

Also, my Dad preached Dado's best friend's funeral on July 1st. A year to the day that Dado went to be with Jesus. Daddy talked about heaven and how amazing and exciting it is to think about Dado, Brother Gibbons and Jesus sitting around sharing stories! He expressed how he wanted to be there! oh, I want to be there too!! thank you, Daddy for reminding me of the most important things in this life! Jesus!!

At Beach with Cousins!

 

 

 

Mom, Shea and her kids, and carter and I went to SeaGrove for a few days. We had such a wonderful time. It was such a blessing to go and relax on God's beautiful shore! Carter even would fall asleep on the beach...perfect! He had a great time...he either was non-stop in the water and in the sand or would just chill in his chair or in my arms. So fun. Thank you Grandmama for taking us!

Fun on the Sand