I just wanted to publish a few pictures of A holding K. I never ask her if she wants to hold him - I let her ask me. She's been asking more frequently the past couple of weeks, which makes me happy. Jealousy is still something she's experiencing on a daily basis, so it makes me happy when she says to me,"A- hold baby K- now, please?" :) These pictures are just too precious to keep to myself :)
Holding baby brother's paci in :)
This just cracks me up
<3
Love his smile!
She was being so gentle with him, and he was
just sporting the biggest smile :)
No matter how defiant, stubborn, deviant or irritating your child has been that day, there's no replacement for the innocence they exude when they sleep. Aria hasn't been especially any of those things today, or even at all for quite a long time, but even the little annoyances can wear on your after a while. The sticking-both-hands-in-her-mouth-while-eating annoyance, the emptying-of-my-drawers irritation or simply the I'm-not-happy-right-now-so-I'm-constantly-whining frustration can make an entire day seem cruddy. But nap time, oh blissful nap time. When it comes, I just love to sneak in Aria's room and watch her precious little angel face unconsciously kissing her pacifier and her little hands wrapped around her poor, faded blanket. Her gorgeous long eyelashes brushing her chubby little cheeks and her baby hairs swirling around her forehead.
This song has been on my mind since it was released a couple months ago. I have never heard a song that more aptly describes and diagnoses the problem with modern Christianity - we have lost the love that Jesus had for the world He came to die for. Our little bubbles of Christianity at church, school and online have made us forget that Jesus came because we are all sinners, guilty of death; that every single one of us is as bad as the next. Yet despite our horrible condition and disgusting rejection of God's grace, He still loved us enough to die. This Love calls for our Love in return, not our rules or our fear. No relationship can be based on fear and rules; a true, real and healthy relationship with anyone - husband, children, friend and esp. God - must be built on love and trust.
I hope this song is as great of an encouragement and yet rebuke to you as it has been to me.
Jesus, Friend of sinners, we have strayed so far awayWe cut down people in your name, but the sword was never ours toswing.Jesus, friend of sinners, the truth's become so hard to see;The world is on their way to You, but they're tripping over me.Always looking around but never looking up, I'm so double minded.A plank eyed saint with dirty hands and a heart divided. Oh, Jesus, friend of sinners,Open our eyes to the world at the end of our pointing fingers.Let our hearts be led by mercy,Help us reach with open hearts and open doors.Oh, Jesus, friend of sinners, break our hearts for what breaks Yours. Jesus, friend of sinners, the One whose writing in the sandMakes the righteous turn away and the stones fall from their hands.Help us to remember we are all the least of thieves;Let the memory of Your mercy bring your people to their knees. Nobody knows what we're for only what we're against when wejudge the wounded.What if we put down our signs crossed over the lines and loved likeYou did?
Oh, Jesus, friend of sinners,Open our eyes to the world at the end of our pointing fingers.Let our hearts be led by mercy,Help us reach with open hearts and open doors.Oh, Jesus, friend of sinners, break our hearts for what breaks Yours. You love every lost cause; you reach for the outcast,For the leper and the lame; they're the reason that You came.Lord, I was that lost cause, and I was the outcast,But You died for sinners just like me, a grateful leper at Your feet. 'Cause You are good, You are good And Your love endures foreverYou are good, You are good, and Your love endures forever.You are good, You are good, and Your love endures forever.You are good, You are good, and Your love endures forever.
