This is a letter to John Paul who will join us in about 2 weeks
Dear John Paul-Sweet Baby Boy,
You are still in Mommy's tummy right now. But you will join our family soon. And we are so excited!!! I'm your Nonna and I will sing to you and hold you and rock you and kiss you all over. We will have a grand time. When you are bigger I will read to you and introduce you to the people and characters that live inside the covers of books. You will love them. I along with others will tell you about Jesus and God. And how you are a beautiful. wonderful gift He surprised us with.
But I'm not the only family and friends. You have the most amazing Poppa. He lives at my house and he will laugh with you and teach you about music and laugh at your funny jokes, tell you what a great job you are doing when you draw him a picture. How do I know you will be funny and like music and laughing and drawing? Because you have a big sister that does. Her name is Bekki and she was our first grand. She will love you and watch over you and show you the ropes. She is quite amazing.
You also have a beautiful Momma and a handsome Daddy. Momma has the best laugh when she laughs out loud. Daddy will teach you guy things a boy needs to know. They will love you deeply and forever. You will need to be patient with them as they learn how to take care of you. I don't think they are really prepared for the ocean of love and emotions that is about to overtake them. They might be just the least bit scared but it will be alright. They will nail this parenting thing, as much as a person can.
There are others too. I have just met your Daddy's family. They seem quite wonderful. And they already love you. Their eyes were shinny just thinking about you coming at the shower for you the other day. They have raised a boy so they will be great with you and help Momma and Daddy a lot. They know how to raise a boy.
And you have Aunts and Uncles, cousins, great grandparents, and lots of friends already. It will be a good life. We will count your toes and wonder at your beauty (baby boys can be beautiful, later they become handsome). We will feel the breathe of heaven when you breathe on us as we hold you close. You will take our breath away at the shear joy of just being you. You will love us all. And we will all love you to the moon and back.
Oh baby boy! I want you to hurry and come and yet I want to savor the anticipation of your coming. You will be like fresh clay ready to be imprinted with our families' unique thoughts, traits, views etc. We will have such fun.
But really you will teach us as much as we will teach you. You will show us new ways to look at things, new things to like. You will make our hearts grow bigger with room to love the tiniest gift that will be like dynamite ready to explode and change us all.
Welcome sweet boy!!! Welcome to the world!!
Love Nonna
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Friday, July 25, 2014
My Auntie and God's love
I was talking with my Auntie tonight. I just love her. She is in her late 80's in age but spiritually and emotionally she is young at heart. She told me about how she was saved at 16 in First Assembly church here in Cookeville. She said a Brother Scott preached about Noah. It wasn't really a salvation message but she went down to the altar and accepted Jesus as her savior. This wasn't her home church. I don't know why she was there. But it was the beginning of her personal relationship with our Lord. I had never heard this story before.
What I love about her is how she has such a common sense wisdom. She continues to grow in her relationship with God, not standing still and growing stale. She serves a living God who she speaks with daily. So inspiring! If I live to be her age I hope I can be like that. A fresh knowledge of God and Jesus and the Holy Spirit daily. A living relationship with a living God!!!
When we talk, heaven seems more real. Life seems more vibrant, full of possibilities. She makes me want to live better and shine brighter for Jesus.
Her and I are not perfect. We have our issues, our short comings. In fact, I have many. But we belong to the King of the Universe and we hold His hand. Something that is possible for anyone. He loves us so and we are learning that more and more as we travel through this life, headed toward eternity with Him.
The question I would ask and the one I think she would ask if she could. First do you know Him? Are you saved as she was at 16? If not... give your life to him and receive Him as savior. He will never leave you or forsake you. And if you are saved... do you really understand how much He loves you? Are you living daily with the awareness of Him in your life? If not, stop! Start talking with Him every day, throughout your day. This week the message keeps coming to me through different ways....a sermon, a song, a friend talking...."Him in me, I in Him". That thought blows me away! God, yes God in us, and us in Him. Isn't that amazing? He who started it all is aware of us and offering us a relationship with Him!! Awesome, just awesome!
What I love about her is how she has such a common sense wisdom. She continues to grow in her relationship with God, not standing still and growing stale. She serves a living God who she speaks with daily. So inspiring! If I live to be her age I hope I can be like that. A fresh knowledge of God and Jesus and the Holy Spirit daily. A living relationship with a living God!!!
When we talk, heaven seems more real. Life seems more vibrant, full of possibilities. She makes me want to live better and shine brighter for Jesus.
Her and I are not perfect. We have our issues, our short comings. In fact, I have many. But we belong to the King of the Universe and we hold His hand. Something that is possible for anyone. He loves us so and we are learning that more and more as we travel through this life, headed toward eternity with Him.
The question I would ask and the one I think she would ask if she could. First do you know Him? Are you saved as she was at 16? If not... give your life to him and receive Him as savior. He will never leave you or forsake you. And if you are saved... do you really understand how much He loves you? Are you living daily with the awareness of Him in your life? If not, stop! Start talking with Him every day, throughout your day. This week the message keeps coming to me through different ways....a sermon, a song, a friend talking...."Him in me, I in Him". That thought blows me away! God, yes God in us, and us in Him. Isn't that amazing? He who started it all is aware of us and offering us a relationship with Him!! Awesome, just awesome!
John 15:4
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
I John 4:9-11 In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
I John 4:9-11 In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
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