Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Seed of Hope in a Two Year Olds Heart
Many attempts to teach Jackson to not hurt his baby brother have failed over and over. I found myself finally doing what I should have done first, PRAY!
A book by Paul Miller called; A Praying Life has slowly been transforming this Mommy’s communication with God.
I cannot get into my child’s heart and so often I am living as if I can. So I have simply been asking God things like this, “Please help Jackson’s heart desire to not hurt Jonah, help Jackson’s heart desire to obey, or help Jackson’s heart desire to honor Jesus.” I can’t remember the last time I have had to run and “save” Jonah from his older brother! Does this mean Jackson will never hurt Jonah? No. But, something has changed in Jackson’s heart and I see it.
Last night while Jack bathed Jackson he asked him, “What did the Angel say to the women at the tomb?” Jackson’s answer blew us away, “The angel said, do not be afraid. Jesus has risen from the dead. Go and tell the disciples.” (If you can imagine a little two yr. olds imperfect pronunciation of words saying that, your heart would just melt!)
As I mentioned earlier Jack and I are not capable of changing Jackson’s heart but God’s word is and it is being planted in him even at the age of 2. Thank you for helping us sow Seeds of Hope in East Dallas as we sow in our home.
Sow / Sowing: To scatter seed over the ground for growing, to strew or cover with something.
A book by Paul Miller called; A Praying Life has slowly been transforming this Mommy’s communication with God.
I cannot get into my child’s heart and so often I am living as if I can. So I have simply been asking God things like this, “Please help Jackson’s heart desire to not hurt Jonah, help Jackson’s heart desire to obey, or help Jackson’s heart desire to honor Jesus.” I can’t remember the last time I have had to run and “save” Jonah from his older brother! Does this mean Jackson will never hurt Jonah? No. But, something has changed in Jackson’s heart and I see it.
Last night while Jack bathed Jackson he asked him, “What did the Angel say to the women at the tomb?” Jackson’s answer blew us away, “The angel said, do not be afraid. Jesus has risen from the dead. Go and tell the disciples.” (If you can imagine a little two yr. olds imperfect pronunciation of words saying that, your heart would just melt!)
As I mentioned earlier Jack and I are not capable of changing Jackson’s heart but God’s word is and it is being planted in him even at the age of 2. Thank you for helping us sow Seeds of Hope in East Dallas as we sow in our home.
Sow / Sowing: To scatter seed over the ground for growing, to strew or cover with something.
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Friday, January 1, 2010
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
May May
"Knock, Knock, Knock"... my heart grew heavy at the pounding on our door knowing it was one of the neighborhood kids. It has been challenging for me to joyfully embrace the knocking when I am already having a hard enough time with 2 little ones of my own. However, as I opened the door and saw that it was this little third grade boy named, May May - I remembered how just the night before Jack and I were praying for this little boy because of some of the struggles he had been through! God had been preparing my heart prior to his knocking.
"Mrs. Emily, Can you help me with my homework?" He kindly asked.
My heart softened... Jackson & Jonah were both asleep... "why not?" I thought, and welcomed him in.
As we sat and worked through some math problems May May shared with me a little about his family. His Daddy died when he was six and his mother had recently moved here to get away from an abusive relationship, where May May had been a victim of some abuse as well. His Mom is also expecting another baby in December.
May May heavily said, "I have to be my Mommy's husband now...and I have to be the Daddy for my new brother."
Often times I dont' know what to say to some of these kids, but I was able to look at May May right in his eyes and say with confidence,
" May May, you are a little boy! You are NOT a husband and you are NOT a Daddy. It is not your responsibility to be your Mommy's husband and it's not your responsibility to be your brother's Daddy. You can be a helpful son for your Mommy and a helpful big brother but God is not asking you to be a husband or a dad, okay?"
He took a very deep breath, exhaled and said, "Okay Mrs. Emily, thank you."
What a heavy burden to try and bear at such a young age! To be a husband and a father can be a heavy burden at ANY age! I went to sleep that night thinking about Jesus' words to us, "Come to Me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest...For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light." Matt. 11:28,30 I thought about how Christ isn't promising to take away all our burdens but that He is promising to help make the burdens and hardships of this world able to be eased and lightend through Him. Pray with me as May May reads his Bible at night and sits under Biblical teaching with Jack at The Tree House (Which is the after school program) that May May would experience letting Jesus bear his burdens with him.
Please continue to pray for wisdom with the kids in our community and for wisdom with handling the crime that goes on here. We are asking the Lord to decrease the crime and for our community to be proactive in helping protect and report what we see.
Thank you!
Emily (Jack, Jackson & Jonah)
"Mrs. Emily, Can you help me with my homework?" He kindly asked.
My heart softened... Jackson & Jonah were both asleep... "why not?" I thought, and welcomed him in.
As we sat and worked through some math problems May May shared with me a little about his family. His Daddy died when he was six and his mother had recently moved here to get away from an abusive relationship, where May May had been a victim of some abuse as well. His Mom is also expecting another baby in December.
May May heavily said, "I have to be my Mommy's husband now...and I have to be the Daddy for my new brother."
Often times I dont' know what to say to some of these kids, but I was able to look at May May right in his eyes and say with confidence,
" May May, you are a little boy! You are NOT a husband and you are NOT a Daddy. It is not your responsibility to be your Mommy's husband and it's not your responsibility to be your brother's Daddy. You can be a helpful son for your Mommy and a helpful big brother but God is not asking you to be a husband or a dad, okay?"
He took a very deep breath, exhaled and said, "Okay Mrs. Emily, thank you."
What a heavy burden to try and bear at such a young age! To be a husband and a father can be a heavy burden at ANY age! I went to sleep that night thinking about Jesus' words to us, "Come to Me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest...For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light." Matt. 11:28,30 I thought about how Christ isn't promising to take away all our burdens but that He is promising to help make the burdens and hardships of this world able to be eased and lightend through Him. Pray with me as May May reads his Bible at night and sits under Biblical teaching with Jack at The Tree House (Which is the after school program) that May May would experience letting Jesus bear his burdens with him.
Please continue to pray for wisdom with the kids in our community and for wisdom with handling the crime that goes on here. We are asking the Lord to decrease the crime and for our community to be proactive in helping protect and report what we see.
Thank you!
Emily (Jack, Jackson & Jonah)
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
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