Category Archives: Faith
Savoring my relationship with Jesus, studying God’s Word, and bits of inspiration
Happy Weekend: Isaiah 40:8
1 Timothy 1: 15
For my family: Addie’s Baptism
Valentine’s Day 2012
Yes, I know that this post is a week late. But…I needed to savor God’s amazing glory just a bit before I shared with you.
If you’ve followed along with any of my blogs, you might have guessed that Valentine’s Day is bittersweet for me.
The bitter: Late at night on Thursday, February 12, 2008, my Grandpa E went to be with Jesus. We held his funeral and burial on Saturday, Valentine’s Day 2009. It was a really sad day, but also a wonderful day of memories, filled with love from family and friends.
The sweet: Last year, on January 12, 2010 (both my Grandmother’s and my Grandmother-in-Law’s birthday), my sweet little boy told me that he wanted to ask Jesus to come live his his heart. C followed through with his public declaration of faith with a baptism on February 13, 2010!!
The sweetest yet: Late Tuesday night, after a crazy day of Valentines, swim practice and homework, my Big Girl and I talked about God’s amazing mercy, His great plans for us, and His Son. She told me that she’d been thinking a lot about God and Jesus and asked me to leave her room while she “had a talk with Jesus”. A few minutes later, she came into the kitchen and whispered to her Daddy the sweetest words that a parent can hear: I just ask Jesus to be my Lord and Savior.
On a day when the world often gets carried away with pink and red and hearts and chocolates, we celebrate too! We share our love with each other and with friends for 1 reason: Because He first loved us!
I participated in a craft swap with Andrea. She sent me this beautiful heart print for Valentine’s Day. I know that she probably had no clue what God had in store for my Valentine’s Day, but this small piece of art will forever be a reminder of the day that God changed one very special heart!
The Ultimate Love Story
True love.
Complete, unfailing love.
The ultimate love story.
If you are looking for chocolates, roses, and puffy red hearts, you won’t find them here.
Instead, let me tell you about True Love.
The Love that makes this Mommy’s heart sing tonight.
A Love even truer than this one.
A Love that provides Hope.
A Love that provides Healing.
A Love that never fails.
For God loved the world in this way: He gave His One and Only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world that He might condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.
(John 3:16-17)
That’s Love.
I’m not worthy of that Love.
Neither are you.
Nor is my sweet, sweet little boy.
But there is good news. Awesome really.
I can’t earn this Love. You can’t earn this Love.
Instead it’s a Gift.
For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift (Ephesians 2:8)
That’s it—just a Gift.
And it’s available to you, if you say “yes”.
If you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. (Romans 10:9)
My little boy said “yes”.
He came to me on January 12th and said these sweet words: “Mom, I want to ask Jesus to come live in my heart.”
Then, tonight, on February 13th he followed in obedience through Baptism.
Thank you, Jesus, for loving me enough to die on the cross to take the punishment for my sins.
And Jesus, thank you even more for dying on that cross for my sweet little boy’s sins.
But most importantly, thank you for your promise that you will live with us forever.
Amen
p.s. I have to add one more thing to this post. If you are a grandparent or a parent, and you already have experienced God’s amazing Love and Grace, don’t forget to share it, to pass it down. Your legacy will change lives in ways you may never realized. You should know, that January 12th is not only the day LM ask Christ into his heart, but also two of his Great Grandmothers’ birthdays. And his baptism today—well, this weekend is the second anniversary of my grandpa’s going to be with Jesus. All 3 of these folks, all three his great-grandparents, prayed for this child, as they prayed for his Mom and Dad.