Day 17--My addiction

Their smell oh so sweet
kisses that can't be beat
the sound of their laughter is music to my ears
and they will be my addiction throughout all my years.
This is MY addiction.  My kids.

Day 16-Sign

A cloud with the sun peeking through is a SIGN to me. A sign of beauty and God's grace. I have always felt this way about "shiny Jesus clouds" as my children call them.  My children believe it is heaven peeking out. Why couldn't it be? Heaven is beautiful and a cloud with sun gleaming off the edge is beautiful. It is even more so , when we get to see rays breaking though.

 A sign is:

Noun:

An object, quality, or event whose presence or occurrence indicates the probable presence or occurrence of something else.

So a cloud is a s sign of the Creator. It is a sign of the promise of a hope and future in Jesus in glory. At least that is what this kind of cloud is to me.

So what is your sign? And I don't mean astrological.........:o)

Day 15--Finger

Daddy's finger to be exact, lending a helping hand, well finger.  Children rely on their father. A Daddy's hand holds great responsibility. It must know when to be gentle and when to be firm. It must know when to be a hand that points with assistance and a hand that points with guidance.

The most beautiful hands ever were those of the Savior who were nailed to a cross. His fingers and hands stretched across the expanse of a Cross for the atonement of our sins.  The finger of God moving across the vast expanse of time and space to erase the penalty of sin, if one chooses to accept the nail scarred hand of the Lord Jesus.

Mike here points the way in a puzzle for Hannah, but the most important way to point the way with our children is to point to the words and read them from the Bible. Let's use our fingers and lives and actions and words and deeds and point the way to the REAL answer. JESUS.

Day 14---building

Building of memories........it is as simple as raindrops and an umbrella.  Building memories....taking a snap shot with your heart or with a camera of the simple moments in life that may seem small at the moment but in reality, those moments...are HUGE. So take time for some building.......building the memories that will be treasured for a life time.

Day13--open

Open up you head and let the imagination in.....Imagination......opens possibilities that are astounding. Children have no qualms about being open.......to imagination........faith............love.............so this is my picture of OPEN

My oldest two open to the possibilities a few props can turn into being

We will not discuss that they were supposed to be doing something else I asked them to do..but this picture was too priceless. And after this they started what I had told them to do with renewed energy and concentration. So maybe, just maybe a play break, sometimes opens us up to greater possibilities.  Maybe, just maybe we should all play more and open our minds to the possibilities.

Day 12--texture

Texture--a plastic lawn chair in the rain

Day 11--letter

My favorite love letter: The Word of God....I hilight, I take notes, I love this love letter.  The whole thing is one HUGE love letter from the Lord to us.