A proud little boy...

Only a dad with a tired face,

Coming home from the daily race,

Bringing little of gold or fame

To show how well he has played the game;

But glad in his heart that his own rejoice

To see him come and to hear his voice.

Only a dad with a brood of three,

One of ten million men you see

Plodding along in the daily strife,

Bearing the whips and the scorns of life,

With never a whimper of pain or hate,

For the sake of those who at home await.

Only a dad, neither rich nor proud,

Merely one of the surging crowd,

Toiling, striving from day to day,

Facing whatever may come his way,

Silent whenever the harsh condemn,

And bearing it all for the love of them.

Only a dad but he gives his all,

To smooth the way for his children small,

Doing with courage stern and grim

The deeds that his father did for him.

This is the line that for him I pen:

Only a dad, but the best of men.

...Edgar A. Guest

(but a slight revise from me)

Julian was one proud little boy to ride on a big rig with his father. We, our family, are rejoicing and praising God for the miracle he brought our way. We were so thankful for this job when I lost mine on Monday. All in the span of two days, can our God work in situations like these.

Julian was beside himself with excitement to be up so high, above all the world to see from the top of his pinnacle :) he was in sky heaven! Well as close to heaven as his little person had seen.

I'm happy for this memory to be in my little boys life. And for the first real miracle he was able to see, touch, and feel.

*TO GOD BE THE GLORY*

Being Fearful ಠ_ಠ

"For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control."

2 Timothy 1:7

During the winter months and lately, there has been a lot of things said about all the natural disasters accruing in our world; tornadoes, hurricanes, floods and such... It has gotten Julian very concerned and very fearful. One day after school, dinner and a shower, Julian decided to grab his Science dictionary to look up some of these words.  

'HURRICANE'

was one of the words he focused on and came to me with a question.

"Mom, do we live near a coastal area?"

He became fearful that our home would be destroyed by a hurricane.

What BIG worries this young child had on his mind and of course it kept him awake till late into the night... He just couldn't sleep...

I reassured him that we were nowhere near the coast and he had nothing to worry about. 

Then he began to ask about 'VOLCANOES'... He just knows for sure that we are in line of an eruption of a volcano. Ummm, NO Julian, not happening anytime soon. Even though we do live close to Mount Shasta and Mount Lassen, two dormant volcanoes, a few miles away.   

"For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

Romans 10:13

I'm just thankful today for the Words of our Wonderful God!!

You can always be reassured by the scriptures.

I began to tell Julian that we need to give all those churning thoughts in his head over to the LORD. I knew that if I showed Ju God's Word it would bring him peace.

We began to pray and go over a few scriptures... He realized that they were in the Bible meant for him and that he could hold onto the promises of God and not worry about things he has no control over.

What a wonderful lesson to learn from a child. I knew right there and then, I had no reason to fret or lose sleep over things that were out of my control... God gave me peace in the time of my storm and let me know to just call upon Him and He would help me to cope with situations and circumstances I was not able to 'FIX' by the power of my own hand.

✿ BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD ✿