Children

On October 22, 2005 I was blessed to receive a new born baby sister. I was 16 years old at the time. In this day and age, old enough to be her mom. So I had the chance to see every stage of her life. I was able to babysit her when she was an infant. I rocked her. I fed her. I changed her diaper. She spit up on me, drooled on me, and pooped on me... yeah you read that right. I know that's gross but it's real. We had a strong bond. She has grown so much. She started crawling, walking, reading, and writing at early ages. Her vocabulary is massive. She knows words that college aged students do not even know. It's amazing. She's so interested in learning about new things. She plays soccer now. She just turned 8. Eight years old. Wow. It's been eight years. That's so crazy. It feels like just yesterday when I held her in my arms. Sometimes I want to keep her this age forever. I don't want her to grow up and face all the difficulties that life will throw at her but I know that's unrealistic. All I can do is be the best example of a Godly woman and pray that she becomes the woman God made her to be.

She watches everything I do. She hears every word I say. She's a lot like me and she wants to be just like me. So I have to make sure that I'm living a life that I want her to copy. I also have to remind her of how people should live. I tell her how to put others first and how to be kind to others.

I know she will be an amazing woman of God one day. It's hard letting children grow up. And I'm not even her mom. I'm her sister. So it's gonna be even more hard if I have children one day.

Children are wonderful and I love them. They always say the funniest things.









                Train up a child in the way he should go,
              And when he is old he will not depart from it.
                                   Proverbs 22:6

You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.
                                                                                        Deuteronomy 6:7

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.   
Ephesians 6:4







"Children Of God"
Praise to the Father of our Lord, Jesus Christ
Our God and our King, to Him we will sing
In His great mercy, He has given us life
Now we can be called the children of God

Great is the Love that the Father has given us
He has delivered us
He has delivered us

Children of God, sing your song and rejoice
For the love that He has given us all
Children of God, by the blood of His Son
We have been redeemed and we can be called
Children of God
Children of God

A mystery is revealed to the universe
The Father above has proven His love
Now we are free from the judgment that we deserve
And so we are called the children of God

We are the saints
We are the children
We've been redeemed
We've been forgiven
We are the sons and daughters of our God


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