Sweet Sayings

Simon became quite the encourager and exhorter this weekend!

Saturday morning, he was helping Matt make waffles (a fun Saturday a.m. tradition). Simon loves to help 'cook.' Later in the morning he walked into the kitchen and looked up and Matt and said this next sentence very clearly, "DADDY, YOU MAKE EVERYTHING GLORIOUS." That is a word for word quote right there.

(Simon likes to sing a worship song called "You make everything glorious" (David Crowder Band.) So, that's where the phrase comes from.}

Next on Simon's list of encouragement, was when he saw a picture I had drawn for him the day before. He pointed to it and said, "THAT'S BEAUTIFUL, MOMMY"

Today at dinner I was discussiing with Matt some things that I wanted us to pray about so I wouldn't worry about them. Opportunities for faith and trust as opposed to worry and striving. A few minutes later, when we were clearing the table, Simon looked at me and said, "DON'T WORRY, MOMMY."

His compassion continued even post bed-time. He was in bed for the night. I was cleaning up the kitchen and sneezed. Then I hear, "BLESS YOU MOMMY" coming from his closed bedroom. And then, "YOU OKAY, MOMMY?"

Precious.

Musings

I must have the textbook pregnancy. Morning sickness is supposed to hit around 6 weeks. Mine began last Thursday, the very day we hit 6 weeks.

For sake of information, and hopefully not complaining, I am very sick. Much more than with Simon. I hear that every pregnancy is different; thus, I am making no assumptions about the implications of the differences.

Maybe God just let me off easy the first time so that we would have another one :)

Hmmm...a few more weeks of this. That is kind of overwhelming. Little tasks are seeming insurmountable.

Following is a link to a recent blog article by Pastor John Piper on his website, desiringgod.org. I thought it was a beautiful and tangible description of death and a resource of how to glorify God when saying goodbye. Apparently, John Piper's father just passed away. Not morbid, just practical and insightful.

This is not a link, but you could highlight it, copy it, and paste it in your browser window ...
www.desiringgod.org/ResourceLibrary/TasteAndSee/ByDate/2007/2013_Hello_My_Father_Just_Died/