Guidiography

Last year I read the book “Sun Stand Still” by Steven Furtick. It is SUCH a great book! After reading it there were several things that I made my “Sun Stand Still” prayers for the year. Some things were sins that seemed hopeless to overcome on my own, others were goals and things I wanted to grow and excel in, and some were prayers for other people. As I was going through my journals and looking back at this past year I am literally blown away at how God has answered those prayers so specifically. They are things that I prayed in faith even though they seemed impossible to me at the time.

So… this year I decided that every year I am going make “Sun Stand Still” prayers instead of New Years resolutions. The truth is that if we try to make resolutions on our own we might make a little progress, but statistics show that most people’s New Years resolutions last 3 months at the most, and I know this has often been the case for me in the past. But, if we pray BIG, FAITH-FILLED PRAYERS we will see God work mightily in our lives and we will experience His goodness and faithfulness in new ways. I hope this encourages someone to step out in faith this year and pray big prayers to a big God. This year you have the potential to grow and draw closer to God more than ever before!

I always have the best conversations with the kids in the car while we are driving. Here are a few conversation’s that I thought were pretty cute…

Zachary – “Are we in heaven?”
Me – “No, we go to heaven when we die. Everyone who loves God gets to go to heaven when they die. Heaven is where God lives and it’s a really beautiful place.”
Zachary – “Your going to hold my foot, Addison will hold your foot, Emma will hold Addison’s foot, Alivia will hold Emma’s foot, Lenya will hold Alivia’s foot, Rylee will hold Lenya’s foot, Zach will hold Rylee’s foot.”
Me – “And then what?”
Zachary – “We’ll go up to heaven…. and daddy will stay down here and talk to us.”
Me – “What is daddy going to do?”
Zachary – “Sing! He’s going to stay down here and sing.”

This was the conversation another day…
Zachary – “Do you see heaven?”
Me – “No, I see the sky.”
Zachary – “That’s heaven right there!”
Me – “No that’s the sky, heaven is farther away.”
Zachary – “Does Jesus walk in heaven?
Me – “Yes.”
Zahary – “Does he sit in heaven?”
Me – “Yes, He does.”
Zachary – “Does he sit on the moon with a fishing pole to the clouds?”.

While practicing our abc’s…
Zachary – “I’ll just sing it without the jk.”
Me – “No sing the jk that’s how the song goes.”
Zachary – “I know, but I don’t have jk in my mouth!”

The other day I curled my hair a lot and when he saw me he said…
“Mom, your hair is crazy!”
Me – “Yeah?”
Zachary – “Yeah, keep it like that!”

While praying;

“Hey Jesus, is it going to rain a little bit?” – Zachary

Wednesday August 3, 2011. Today Zachary prayed and asked Jesus into his heart so that he could be with Jesus in heaven forever. Today is a great day!

I was taking advantage of a teaching moment and said… “Jesus says if you learn to obey your mommy and daddy you will have a long life.”

Zachary- “My life is gone… it broke… maybe tomorrow I’ll have a new one.”

I don’t know where he gets this stuff from sometimes.

Zachary’s 4th birthday started off with a surprise breakfast in bed, a yellow smiley face balloon, and a car from Cars 2. We had a very relaxing day, went on a few bike rides, ate lunch, opened a few more cars gifts, napped and then met his friends and family at the theatre to watch Cars 2 and grab frozen yogurt after. Zachary was looking forward to seeing the movie Cars 2 on his birthday for so long and was beaming with excitement and anticipation all day. It was a very fun way to celebrate our little boy! I will occasionally still hear him tell other kids…
“My birthday was Cars 2!”
Their reply, “When is your birthday?”
He’ll say, “Cars 2!” with lots of enthusiasm.
He is such a cute and very sweet boy! His personality is one of a kind and so much fun!

The other day while eating lunch;

“Mom, potatoes are not good with curry fire!” – Zachary

I love spicy food! Unfortunately no one else in my family appreciates flavorful spices the way I do. The potatoes I made did have a tiny pinch of cayenne pepper and I thought it was so cute that he called it “curry fire”.

Zachary was trying to convince me to take him to the park on a day that it was raining;

“Mom, it’s just a tiny bit of rain, we’ll be alright.”

“We’ll just get a napkin and clean the park.”

I am so thankful for this little girl! She is such a joy and her cuteness is overwhelming. Now that she is two her fiery temper is making it’s appearance, but that does not stop her from being a very loved and also a very loving little girl. I am overwhelmed by God’s goodness in entrusting her to me!