If this is any indication...

Here are a few pictures from Grady's One Year pictures...I'll post more next week on his actual birthday.



of the kind of child Grady will be, I'm in for it! In less than five minutes (while I was cleaning the kitchen after dinner), my littlest man pulled down a batch of peanut butter cookie dough from the counter and started going to town on them. (This is one reason having tall children is not so great). After a quick scramble to save my child from a possible peanut butter allergy, I went about washing the dishes...a moment later I found the same little scavenger under the kitchen table drooling blue and red from a leftover Spree and Captain Crunch ball. I am constantly scouring every room before putting said child on the floor because he puts everything into his mouth! What is a mother to do? When we're outside, I'll find him eating leaves, dirt, grass...a little fiber never hurt anyone, right? What doesn't kill him will make him stronger...right?

It's a new day...

I can't stop thinking about and singing this song today. It encompasses my desperation for the Lord to take over this weak body, mind and spirit and have His way with me.
Every time my babies still say, "Happy New Year!" I'm reminded of fresh starts. Although, I'm in need of His mercies EVERY MORNING...so glad He gives them freely!

I Need Thee Every Hour


I need Thee every hour, most gracious Lord;
No tender voice like Thine can peace afford.
Refrain

I need Thee, O I need Thee;
Every hour I need Thee;
O bless me now, my Savior,
I come to Thee.

I need Thee every hour, stay Thou nearby;
Temptations lose their power when Thou art nigh.

Refrain

I need Thee every hour, in joy or pain;
Come quickly and abide, or life is in vain.

Refrain

I need Thee every hour; teach me Thy will;
And Thy rich promises in me fulfill.

Refrain

I need Thee every hour, most Holy One;
O make me Thine indeed, Thou blessèd Son.

Refrain


On another note, a quote given from a Sunday School lesson on Galatians 2 haskept my mind occupied.

"...eventually the Christian life and true spirituality are not to be seen as outward at all, but inward...I am to love God enough to be contented...A quiet disposition and a heart giving thanks at any given moment is the real test of the extent to which we love God at that moment..." Francis Schaeffer