What do you say we wish a whole bunch of people a VERY MERRY CHRISTmas this year!!!!

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This day I will marry my friend, the one I laugh with, live for, dream with and love.

This inscription is on the unity candle, from our wedding, that we still have displayed in our home. It has been 9 wonderful years to the day since our wedding day. I am so blessed and so thankful to have married my best friend. My husband is a man of integrity, who works hard to provide for our family, strives to know the heart of God, and to raise our son up in the wisdom of the Lord. I love him so much and I thank God for him!

It has been a really neat day as Aaron has brought up God several times. He asked me some great questions while we were driving down the road tonight. He knows a lot about Jesus thanks to his school, his Sunday school teachers, our church and ministry involvement, and us talking about Jesus a lot. Tonight we talked about how it is a lifelong commitment that we make to follow Christ and it is not easy. We also talked some about why we need forgiveness to go to Heaven and what the purpose of baptism is. Most of which he already knew, you know cause 7 yr olds know it all…right? It was most certainly a precious moment tonight when Aaron said to me, “Mom…if something ever happened to you and you died, I would be okay because I know you will be with Jesus.” I guess because there have been several people we know this year pass on. He also said, “Man, it is gonna be cool to see John the Baptist, Mary, Joseph, and Jesus’s family there too, cause they will all be there too right?” I love the way his mind works! I can see the wheel’s turning in his head…he is planning for the party in Heaven and who will be there. I think we should all spend some time thinking about this simple yet profound idea. Who is gonna be there? Wow!!! There is a reason why God wants us to have childlike faith….

And He said: “I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven.”
Matthew 18:3

I told Aaron that when he knew and when he was sure that he was ready to make that commitment to accept Jesus and give Him his life, to come to me and we would talk more and pray together. As I was putting Aaron to bed tonight and tucking him in, Aaron and I each prayed together as we usually do at bedtime. Aaron prayed something like this…
“Dear Jesus, thank you that we got to got to Wal-mart and get groceries and stuff and thank you for my family and Jesus would you come into my heart because I want to go to Heaven and be with you. Amen

Then I prayed over my beautiful child and told him goodnight. My favorite part is when he told Jesus “I want to BE with you.” Please pray with me that Aaron grows in his understanding of what it means to be a Christian and to follow Jesus. Though sometimes I wander if, in his young mind and heart, he might just get the simple truth of Jesus that we adults sometimes make out to be so complex!

A little family fun in the snow. Man I love snow days!!! But I must admit I am ready for springtime!!!