Child Dedication

On Mother's Day we participated in child dedication at our church. We gave our two precious gifts to the Lord a long time ago when all we had to hold was my growing tummy and precious sonogram pictures, but this was the public dedication. What gifts the Lord has blessed us with; we are so grateful we get to be a part of their lives and are excited to see what the Lord has planned for their futures. The verses we used at dedication are from Ephesians 3:14-21 and it is our prayer for Addyson and Braden.

"I pray that out of His glorious riches He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God."

God has given us responsibility that some days when I stop long enough to think deeper than stopping the fighting and whining and trying to teach them to use the potty chair and eat their food, can easily overwhelm me. We pray that they learn to see the love of God for them and for this world and that they accept Him as Lord of their lives and are able to personally experience his amazing love for them.