Lately I think God is trying to teach me a thing or two about trust. Trust is a hard thing to learn. Sure, when you are little you trust your parents and most of the time you don't second guess any of their decisions or wonder if they are doing the right thing for you. As you age it is natural to question what is right for you and lean on yourself to figure it out. Sometimes in the looking to ourselves we forget to transfer trust over to God. When really it should just move from our earthly father to our heavenly one.

I have this verse going through my head,

"Trust in the LORD with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek his will in all you do, and he will direct your paths.." Proverbs 3:5-6

Notice how it says all our heart. We are supposed to hold nothing back to worry about. It all goes to God. I love how it says not to depend on what we understand. I am just reminded of what a small picture I truly am able to see. God sees it all and knows exactly how to make each circumstance fit into the masterpiece of our lives. I also love how if we seek his will in all we do he WILL direct our paths. What a great promise we have to cling to and pray over for our lives.

When I really sink this truth to heart and realize that God wants what is best for me and promises me a future with hope (Jeremiah 29:11) I can truly trust him and not hold anything back in fear. As long as I am praying and committing my way to God and truly asking him what He wants for me to do.. He has promised to direct my paths. I am going to take him at his word and trust him! How about you?

Abigail is 6

I am so late in writing this post. This last month has gone by in a blur. My sweet Abigail is 6. (She asked us to call her Abigail now). I don't know when or how this happened. All I did was wake up each day and do my best to take care of her and teach her and now by little 9 lb 6 oz baby is 6. Wow! She is such a precious child and I delight in her soo much. She has truly lived up to her names meaning... Father's joy and source of delight. I love you my sweet Abigail. I know God has amazing things stored for you. With your strong spirit and wonderful compassion God will take you farther than you ever imagined. Keep trusting him!
I love you sooo much and am so overjoyed that God entrusted you to our care.
Love -- Mommy
Abby had a wonderful surprise for her birthday. Her best friend Eva showed up and stayed the night.

The girls changed into eachother's clothes and had us call them eachtother's name. It was cute.

She also had a friend party and had 5 friends come... it was supposed to be 6 but one couldn't come. She requested that our good friend "auntie Dana" come and play guitar and sing worship songs. Dana has an amazing voice and it was so much fun to have that at the party. It was also neat to see the girls sing along.

Abby's friends. They had a scavenger hunt around the yard.

Abby and her cake.



Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body. ~Elizabeth Stone

Book Review

Daddy Dates by Greg Wright was a great book to get you thinking about how you should be treating your daughters and get them thinking on how they want to be treated from a man in the future. As parents we should be training our children so why not carry that over to the dating arena and showing them what they should expect and how they should be treated. Greg does a great job of not only showing you what to expect with girls throughout the years but also getting into their minds to show the reader how girls think. He writes very cleary and adds a good amount of humor into it.
I recieved this book for my husband to read and he really enjoyed it. Our girls are still a little young but it is never too early to start. He has some great pointers on what to be watching out for and also ideas of things to do with them throughout the years. As fathers it is really important to win your little girls hearts so they will trust you and be strong, confident women when they grow up. Dad's play a key role in this. Daddy Dates is a must read for every dad who has little girls.


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