When I told John Caden that we were going outside to play today, look what he automatically brought to the door with his shoes! His umbrella! After a week of rain, I had a hard time convincing him that the sun was out and that he really didn't need it today. :)Tuesday, September 22, 2009
No Umbrella Today???
When I told John Caden that we were going outside to play today, look what he automatically brought to the door with his shoes! His umbrella! After a week of rain, I had a hard time convincing him that the sun was out and that he really didn't need it today. :)
Friday, September 18, 2009
There's Nothing Sweeter...
... than a sleeping John Caden! Although even with his ceiling fan on high, he always wakes up in a pool of sweat (notice the water mark on his pillow). :( He must still be going, going, going in his dreams!Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Praying with Scripture
Not long after Anna was born I began praying for her using Scripture passages. It started with a simple morning wake-up blessing song (incorporating Numbers 6:25):
"Good Morning, good morning, good morning Anna Leigh.
Mommy and Daddy pray that today you'll see--
the face of the Lord shining graciously on thee.
Good morning, good morning, we love you Anna Leigh!"
By the time she could talk, if and when I'd forget, she'd always remind me to "sing her morning blessing." In attempts to not forget and to remind myself to saturate my children in prayer more throughout the day, slowly I've been adding more and more scripture prayers by linking them to specific daily activities. And yes I do pray them out loud, so after hearing these verses over and over again, besides serving as prayers, they've also become a great way to incorporate subtle scripture memory into our kid's lives as well. So for this reason, for the most part instead of rephrasing them, I just pray them straight from the text. (Until I get the verse memorized I just leave the verse on a note card in the area that I pray it).
It's a work in progress, but here are the activities and verses that I've linked together so far:
"Good Morning, good morning, good morning Anna Leigh.
Mommy and Daddy pray that today you'll see--
the face of the Lord shining graciously on thee.
Good morning, good morning, we love you Anna Leigh!"
By the time she could talk, if and when I'd forget, she'd always remind me to "sing her morning blessing." In attempts to not forget and to remind myself to saturate my children in prayer more throughout the day, slowly I've been adding more and more scripture prayers by linking them to specific daily activities. And yes I do pray them out loud, so after hearing these verses over and over again, besides serving as prayers, they've also become a great way to incorporate subtle scripture memory into our kid's lives as well. So for this reason, for the most part instead of rephrasing them, I just pray them straight from the text. (Until I get the verse memorized I just leave the verse on a note card in the area that I pray it).
It's a work in progress, but here are the activities and verses that I've linked together so far:
- Waking Up - Psalm 143:8
- Getting Dressed - Colossians 3:12-14
- Eating Breakfast - 1 Corinthians 10:31
- Looking in the Mirror while Brushing Teeth - 1 Chronicles 16:11
- Doing Hair - 1 Peter 3:3-4
- Going on a Stroller Jog (this link might seem a little obscure, but I connected the idea of exercise with "strengthen you with power") - Ephesians 3:16-19
- Leaving the House - Psalm 121:7-8
- Dropping off for School - 1 Timothy 4:12
- Dropping off for Extracurricular Activities - Ephesians 5:15-17
- Eating Lunch - Job 23:11-12
- Going Down for Nap/Quiet Time - Psalm 62:1-2 & Deuteronomy 33:12
- Eating Dinner - Philippians 4:12b-13
- Cleaning Up at End of Day - Philippians 2:14-15
- Bathing - Psalm 24:4
- Going to Bed - Zephaniah 3:17 (this is the only other one we sing) & Psalm 4:8
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