My Wonderful Children

     It is so fun watching my children learn the Bible. Nathaniel has been reading to them out of Genesis, and Juliana has been picking up on so much. When Nathaniel asks her what she has been learning about, Juliana says, "Adam and Even ate the fruit off of the special tree and they disobeyed." Nathaniel then asks what happened to them? Juliana - "They died." How awesome that at such a young age, she's learning some important Biblical truths. We are teaching her that when she disobeys that's called sin. She's also learning about sin in Cubbies. I love that what she is learning at Cubbies is only reinforcing what she is learning at home. Funny story, though. Last night, she put her hands on her head and said that she had bones on her head. I said, "Yes, you have bones on your head." She then asked, "Does God have bones?" Wow. Um, no God doesn't have bones, He is a Spirit. We decided to leave it at that for now and not try to explain the immaterial and material part of man. We'll save that one for another day. It's exciting though to watch her get closer and closer to understanding the salvation process. It reminds me more and more to be praying for the salvation of my children. I want them to understand what God has done for them and to believe in His powerful work.
     I had an awesome class today in Women's Ministries. The teacher was speaking on marriage and the importance of respecting your husband. It was so refreshing to hear her say that respect was a necessity in marriage and that marriage wasn't all about the woman and her needs. I am created to be Nathaniel's helpmeet not the other way around. So often now I hear women say that they have emotional needs that need to be met, but I wonder if with all the time we are complaining about our needs not being met, are we meeting our husband's needs? I found that when I started making my husband's dreams my own, and I started spending time with him, listening to him, our marriage started getting stronger. When I actually praise my husband for a job well done, or tell him that I knows he's working hard, and that I appreciate it, my husband just beams. That is what I was created for; I want to spend the rest of my life building him up, because when my gaze is on my husband, I'm not so worried about me.