Singing

From conception I have had music playing for the kids. I remember when Ronnie was still in my belly and I drove to and from work every day I would play "kids music" for him in the car as I traveled. I play music for all of them before I even got to meet them. So naturally they all love music. Notice I didn't say they are all musically talented, but the do all enjoy music.

So this morning at 6am Eli was singing at the top of his lungs. He was singing to the disciples. I'm not sure what the song was, but he was very into it. Some how the older 2 stayed asleep, but Maddie woke and was "singing" to herself in her crib. As I carried her down the stairs and she got closer to Eli's voice she got louder in her own singing. If you had heard it you might not be convinced, as I was, that they were praising the Lord - however, I'm confident that Jesus enjoys my 3 year old and 10 month old as they make a joyful noise!

The picture below is Eli with Ms. Peg (our friend and pianist at Farmer). She is singing to him. Sorry the quality is not the greatest!

Praisin' the Lord

It has only been a couple of days since I posted, but I have tons of things to say. The most important will be tonight and I'll try to catch up on all the others when I'm not so tired.

Today my mom went with me and all 4 kids (the boys were off school for Parent/Teacher Conf) to see my Grandpa and Grandma Hornish. I just love them! Anyway, after that we took my mom home and by the time we got to her house at 2:30 I was tired and the kids were getting on what little nerves I had left. Mom handed me 2 Psalty tapes.

Have you heard of them. Psalty the Singing Songbook is great. When we were little we would listen to Psalty on long car rides. He is a Songbook who teaches Kids about Jesus and how Jesus loves them and wants them to Praise Him. You should really check it out.

So anyway, mom handed them to me and we got back in the car for a 1.5 hour trip home. (Keep in mind it was 4pm and the kids had already napped and were in no mood to sit any longer.)

But we popped in the tapes and we Praised Jesus all the way home. It was so cool. The boys didn't know all the songs, but it was clear by their faces they were into it. Then when Nathaniel raised his hand and just started swaying to the music, it was so neat. It was like Jesus was right there with us! Eli copied him, and the two of them just praised Jesus from the back of our van. Praise the Lord. I love to see my babies Praise Him. Thanks Mom for reminding me how great Psalty is!

PRAISE THE LORD!!

I could just not post today, but I really feel that Jesus needs to be given Praise.

Let me explain. There have been a couple of days in the past few months when Ron and I sat down and realized we needed to go to the store and had no money. We knew when we made the decision to come here that we would be taking a pay cut, but we also knew that Jesus would provide. We didn't know that we would be adding to our family, but again, Jesus knew. So this morning was one of those days when I really needed to go to the store and we simply didn't know how to make that happen. There were a few bills that were needing to go out in the mail and we simply didn't know what to do. Ron and I both prayed and Jesus answered. A check came in the mail today. It was a check we knew was coming, but it was much earlier than we expected.

Has Jesus answered your prayers? Don't forget to praise Him for His answers and remember He provides in ways we don't even know.

Praise the Lord!