Confession Time

Yep, I’m going to go ahead and confess that I have NOT been successful at sticking to the schedule I had going for that first week back (see previous post).  I’m one of those almost honest-to-a-fault type people so I’m going to also confess that much of the reason for not sticking to it was laziness.  But, in my defense, some of it was planning for Jonah’s birthday party and the beginning of both boys’ baseball season.  Does that redeem me any?  I didn’t think so.  Oh well.  I tried ;). 

Please pray for us as God leads us to lead these children.  We really do want to raise them to love and honor Him more than anything else and that’s quite a big job to take on and we don’t take it lightly.  If Jake and I fail in leading our children to the Lord Jesus, then we fail completely.

 

Now on to the sports...

Jonah’s baseball season is already ¾ over.  He’s playing for the Braves (machine pitch baseball) and is enjoying himself quite a bit.  He does seem to have a bit of a distorted sense of what type of player he is, but we’re just glad that he’s happy.  He’s made statements such as, “I’m probably the best player on the team.” And “I’ve probably got the best arm on the team.” And “I’m probably the strongest kid on my team.” It’s just hard to be humble when you’re so great (shhhh… don’t tell him he’s not the best on the team—in truth, I already have informed him of that, but I’m not sure he believes me even though he’s already played 5 games and only gotten one hit and has barely touched the ball on the field).  In all fairness, he really is improving and may truly turn out to be a good ball player.  Seriously!

Levi is somewhere around ½ way through with his season.  He’s playing for the Indians in the Cal Ripken league and is immensely enjoying himself.  He’s doing very well with pitching and infield playing.  I’m not positive how well he’s doing on batting (I’m not too good at keeping up with that type thing), but I think he’s doing okay there, too.  He's not been in the outfield so far, but I think he'd do well there, too.  He's a gifted athlete and we pray hard that he'll use it for God's glory and not his own.  He has a wonderful coach who praises Jesus unashamedly.  You can recognize his team by the one shouting JESUS at the top of their lungs after every game.  Thank you, Lord for such a great coach!

A couple of weeks ago, we celebrated Jonah’s 7^th birthday with an Armor of God theme.  We spent the weeks leading up to the party studying the Armor of God to be sure the boys understood what it all is and is for.  If you want to get your own copy of free VBS curriculum for the week-long study, visit this site.

http://ministry-to-children.com/free-vacation-bible-school/

We all had a great time and are looking forward to Levi’s baseball theme party that will be coming up soon (which will be a “triple play” shared with two of his teammates who also have birthdays near his).  God has been good to us and we are always thankful for all His blessings. We don't deserve all the wonderful things in our lives (especially our kids), but we sure are thankful that God has allowed us to borrow them for a while.