2015

 

 

I officially lived my first day in 2015.

 

Honestly, doesn't seem real.

 

Like the little kid said on the YouTube video... "Is this real life?!"

 

Ya, it is. It really is.

 

Today I started teaching Raylea out of a homeschool curriculum. It was great. I had to wait until Jack was asleep for a nap to start with her, but at about 4pm, we began. She kept calling me "Mrs. Mommy," and reminding me that I was her teacher. We haven't decided yet if homeschooling is for us, but today was great.

 

Now that Jack is nearly 3 months old, I am finally back into the swing of things, well, my new swing of things. I wandered the other day what I did before Raylea. Then, I wandered what I did before Raylea and Jack. Ya, people tried to kindly warn me that two kids is a bit different than one, but I just shrugged my shoulders and said, "It'll be fine." Yes, it's been fine, but it's been different, too.

 

I now have two kids to love, feed, bathe, dress, teach, pray for, and show all my attention to. The transition has actually went pretty smooth compared to the stories I heard from others. Raylea loves her brother so much. But... she sure does miss being me and Daddy's one and only I think. So, we make sure to take turns each day to spend time with her, undivided. And she loves it.

 

The other day someone needed prayer, so we prayed. As soon as she was done she said, "are they better now?"

 

That got me thinking!

 

Wow. I been missing something in my prayer life.

 

Faith.

 

But not just regular faith...

 

Child-like faith.

 

Raylea prayed and then expected it to be answered right away.

 

I told her, "I'm sure they're feeling better."

 



I was sure they were because I knew God would honor her faith!

 

Sure enough, the next day when I talked to that person, they were feeling better.

 

Jack is sick right now with a bad cough and nearly every time he coughs, she puts her hands together, closes her eyes and says, "God, please help baby Jack's cough to go away, in Jesus name I pray, Amen."

 

It has really made me check myself. Check my faith.

 

I know God hears my prayers, but I truly feel we need to expect God to answer when we ask Him to, according to His will.

 

So, Raylea Jo, thank you for reminding me what prayer should be linked to. What it's meant to be saturated in. What it's meant to mean.

 

Faith.

 

Whatever you're praying about...

 

your body to be healed of a sickness that doctors can't seem to fix.

 

your son to surrender all to God.

 

your daughter to get out of the relationship she's in.

 

your dad to come back home.

 

your anger.

 

your jealousy.

 

your pride.

 

Whatever it is, God can and will answer you, according to His perfect will.

 

So, although I didn't follow through with my "memorize a verse each week for 2014" resolution which ended after about a month, (I'm always awful at resolutions..) I think this year I will keep this one's.

 

I resolve to have more faith when I pray. More faith than ever before.

 

Because I have a lot of things that need to happen and to be done in my life.

 

God, help us all to have a child-like faith this year, and always.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If I haven't said it lately, thank you to those who regularly read my posts.

 

It means a lot that what I have to say interest a couple hundred people. Even if it was just one, I promise I would still write, because God told me to.

 

But thank you for taking time to read what I have to say and for the ones who encourage me to write.

 

I promise it means more to me than you'll ever know.