Last night was a rough night and it was all my fault. I went to the gym, got all sweaty and needed to take a shower before I went to bed. My plan was to give Brave a shower, when I got one, but by the time I got in he was sleeping, for what I thought would be the rest of the night. It was not. He woke up multiple times. At some point this mid morning he got a bath and slept for the rest of the day. He apparently does not like to be dirty.
We got a gift, probably the best gift ever, from Kristina Stone that has changed our family dynamic greatly. We have been working out the put the kids to bed routine since strong was old enough to have an official bed time and have tried just about everything. It is real important for me to expose my children to God through the reading of his word, prayer and worship. With Strong I tried reading him the bible, but most adult versions are way over the heads of young children who are trying to learn to talk. So I gave up on reading to them until they got old enough to comprehend and just spent some time talking and affirming my children each night and then praying for them, but in praying for them I kept coming up short with the routine as the prayer is usually something like:
16 THAT He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, 17 THAT Christ may dwell (manifest His presence) in your hearts through faith; THAT you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may be able to comprehend (experience) with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height-- 19 to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; THAT you may be filled with all the fullness of God. (Eph. 3:16-19)
After Praying something like that night after night weeks, months, now years, this longing and need for something more has continued to grow in my own heart and in Strong and now Brighton's as well. So back in December we started incorporating worship, or at least where I would play the guitar at night and try to sing, but I am not the "Worship Leader" type because playing and singing seems to be a bit of a challenge. Regardless of the skill level involved, we are doing it anyway and it is really a hit with the kids, they discuss day in and day out whose turn it is to have me sit on their bed to sing. We where still coming up short.
It is hard to feel the fulfillment of comprehending with all the saints the width, length and depth of the love of Christ that surpasses all knowledge without connecting with God through what is written about him and what he says through his word. This is where the great gift From Kristina Stone comes in, the The Jesus Storybook Bible: Every Story Whispers His Name. This book has completed the night time routine, we now have prayer, worship, and the reading and meditating of Gods word in a way that the kids are getting it. But the best part has nothing to do with the act of communing together as a family home church, but it is the fruit of what reading the these stories is doing in Strong, and will be doing in Brighton and Brave.
Day: 23
Diapers Used today: 10
Total Diapers used: 210
Diaper Value today:$1.40
Total Diaper Value: $11.38
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