I know it's been a long time since I've posted...shame on me! So many blessings, cute things, and 1st's have happened since my last post. Kohl continued to get better and better and by the end of the 2nd week post surgery...he was not even taking tylenol anymore. I could feel new bone beginning to grow/shoot out to fill in the sections that had been removed as early as th 2nd week after surgery! God is so amazing how he heals the body! He is almost 7 months old now and has been sitting up by himself since he was 5 months 2 weeks old. He loves to jump in his excersaucer, and is trying to get that crawling thing down! He is such a happy lil boy! We are so blessed and will never cease to give God praise for his successful surgery and healing!
Kade is quite the lil comic, and has said so many hilarious things over the past few months...but that is another post in itself! I'll have to sit down and try to jog my memory of them all! I have often said that I could write a book on Kade and his "duper awesome self"! But I would literally have to carry a notebook with me 24/7 cuz he's a trip all the time! LOL
Kaylie learned to ride her bike without training wheels last month (March '10) and rides around all the time!!! Tuffie has another litter of puppies, and Kaylie is helping "mother" them! lol But to get to the purpose of this post, Kaylie asked Jesus into her heart the other day, March 31, 2010! It happened like this:
We were on our way to take Kohl to the sitter's (Michelle's) before school and jammin' to KLOVE on the radio, as on every other morning. The song playing on the radio had a clip at the end from the hymn "Nothing But the Bood"...What can wash away my sin? Nothing but the blood of Jesus. Kaylie said, "Ewww...why are they singing about blood? That's gross!" I explained how when Jesus died on the cross, He shed His blood for us, for our sins. I explained how they nailed His hands and feet to the cross and he bled, and how they peirced His side and made Him bleed. And how He did that for us. He took our place. We should have died because of our sin and bad choices.
I could see her thinking/taking it all in in the rear view mirror. Kaylie had asked about death many times before and struggled with understanding how it's just our physical bodies that die and how our soul, the part that makes us alive goes on to live in heaven with Jesus if we have lived our lives for Him. So I explained this once again and took it one step further since she wasn't asking out of fear of dying this time. I explained that if you do not live for Jesus, you spend forever with the devil when you die. She expressed some more interest in living for Jesus and I let her know that all she had to do to get saved was ask Jesus into her heart and live her life for Him. I told her that she could do that whenever she felt ready to, and that Daddy and I would help her pray that prayer whenever she was ready. She was quiet for a little while and said, "Mommy, want to ask Jesus to live in my heart right now." Filled with pride and joy, I asked her if she wanted to wait till Daddy got home so we could pray together, and she agreed, but in the short distance I had left to drive to the sitter's house, I felt convicted that it wasn't my place to make her wait...for any reason. Anything could happen. We could get in a wreck, Daddy could, and if she wanted to invite Jesus into her heart now, then now was the time!
I took Kohl into Michelle's and walked back to the van so excited about what was about to happen! I told Kaylie to come sit in the passenger's seat and took her little dainty hands in mine. She repeated the prayer after me. We thanked Jesus for all of his blessings, and asked Him to forgive all of the wrong choices that we have made. I don't remember everything word for word, but I do remember her saying, "Jesus, I want you to come into my heart and make it your home. Thank you for saving me." After she went to her seat, she cheered in a sweet, silly, age appropriate excited way while clapping her hands "Yay, Jesus saved me! Jesus is in my heart!" No matter how it appeared, I know angels were rejoicing in the same manner with her in heaven! And so was I!!!
Of coure we called Daddy right away and shared the news with him. I am so thankful for Kaylie. I know God has a calling on her life and and has DUPER big plans for her! Here is a poem that I wrote for Kaylie on a scrapbook layout when she was about 3 years old. And as she fullfills God's will for her life, these words still ring so true!!!
Compared to you, some things may seem so very big and great.
But growing up and being independent just can't wait.
It's hard to see how someone, oh so small, can pave the way,
In a great big and uncertain world just passing day by day.
But determination and strong will are great among your gifts.
God designed you for His purpose and great things from you insists.
Althought right now these gifts sometimes seem difficult in part,
I know that's how God made you, and to Him, how great thou art!
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