orville turns 4
first shot of the day, taken right after amelia told him what the banner on the mantel says-happy birthday.
not really wanting to smile at the breakfast table. he gave me a roar instead.
making his birthday crown at school, where i was the parent helper today.
working on his marble painting at school. very intense.
his spot for circle time at school. his teacher said he chooses that spot everyday.
his favorite activity at school.
walking down the hall at school.
putting his name on his conference notebook.
present time at home. we celebrated a little tonight, but the rest of the family will be here for a party on saturday.
what else would a doctor kit be for?
happy birthday little one.
Filed under children, family | Comments (2)II peter 1:3-8
“His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and goodness. through these He has given us His very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires. for this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. for if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
the sermon at church tonight was amazing. i have read this passage before. i have heard preaching on this passage before. but tonight, something was different. don’t you love that about the Word of God? i felt a motivation inside to do my life a little better.
one of the ideas i had during the service was to make a list of the above qualities and figure out what it means for me to pursue each one. i’m not ready to post my ideas on here-too much accountability! but, i did share my ideas with josh and we’re both going to make lists.
i can read about goodness, knowledge, self-control, perseverance, godliness, brotherly kindness, and love. i can think about all of those things. but, what do they look like in my life? i want to know. i want to put effort into living them, with increasing measure. i want to see what my life looks like that way. it feels like it will look beautiful. i want a beautiful life.
want to make a list? maybe someday we can share them with each other.
1. goodness
2. knowledge
3. self-control
4. perseverance
5. godliness
6. brotherly kindness
7. love
oh, and don’t forget, it all starts with our faith in Christ. then we build on our faith with the above virtues.
Filed under Jesus | Comment (1)the many faces of wilbur
wilbur likes to have his picture taken. he loves to make silly faces when he’s getting his picture taken. during lunch yesterday i took lots of pictures of him.
reprimanding me for drinking from a bottle of coke.
i know, tisk, tisk.
doing an ‘evil’ laugh.
blowing kisses.
