I have been enjoying time with Ethan. I am trying to get back in shape after the winter so we are thankful for a new sidewalk added to the park two doors from our house. I walk most every day and Ethan gets a place to ride his bike at which he is getting better. The weather has been nice for the last two weeks. He is working on some pre-school sight words in “school” this semester. He is beginning to read and enjoying it. He has also made some progress in training and obedience. I’m thankful to see glimpses of the sweet boy God made him to be. He is asking many questions about salvation and we are patiently answering and praying that God will give him full understanding of his soul’s true need.
There have been several reminders of our sweet Philip recently and times to cry and remember. What a precious boy God allowed us to know and love! He really was a happy boy! God was with him in His journey and now he is with God for all eternity! Such blessed hope!
My thoughts recently have also been on the lesson of fact over feeling that seems to be a continual work in every part of my life. Through the darkest days of our journey so far, God had to continually remind me of His promises and His attributes despite how I felt. I find this truth to affect my parenting, my marriage, my Christian service, my friendship with others. As I am learning this concept--that I can be free from the bondage of emotional control, while still experiencing emotions as God created them—I find such freedom to grow and trust in each area of my life. I’m certainly still sinful and choose selfishly more than I care to admit, but I can see how God is working within.
Dear Lord, Make us to be transformed into Your image. Help us to live in submission to the work You are doing within us. Teach us to know You! Amen.
Philippians 1:6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ: