As you can see this is the newest addition to my family.

His name is Seth Michael and he was born on July 23, 2005 weighing 8# 9.3 ozs. and 21 inches.

He has brought me so much joy and has changed my life around and caused many a sleepless night.

He is five months old and weighs 17# and is 26 inches. He coos and laughs and eats his feet and tries to talk.  Everyone he meets thinks he is beautiful because he has such a happy disposition and a stunning smile.

I have prayed about it and have decided to adopt him. I ask that you all be in prayer for us that everything will go smoothly.

My parents, who are 83 years old, are thrilled to have another grandchild. My kids are still undecided about how they feel I think, especially the 39 year old.

The drs. say that he may have some neurological damage with his right arm and tremors that he has. They seem to think that his central nervous system is not developed enough so we are in prayer for that.

We have been through months of sleep apena, the rsv virus, upper resp. infections, ear infections and bronchitis. I am covering him with prayers and pleading his case before God -- that all generational curses and spirits will be removed from him.

I could think of lots more but would probably bore you all so will close for now.

This is my Seth, isn't he beautiful --- another one of God's glorious miracles.

 

 

 

This is the new addition to our family. :)

Quiz by: Sparrow Song

Have you ever just stopped and looked at some of the houses along the road or in subdivisions?
Have you admired how nice and manicured the lawn is and how pretty the colors match on the house?
Have you ever wondered who lives in those houses and what their lives may be like?
We think that because a person lives in a pretty place and its all neat and tidy on the outside that that is what it will be on the inside.

It is kinda like our lives --- the real ones that we keep hidden from everyone.
We create shells to hide the ugliness that is on the inside.
We pretend that we are the perfect people with perfect marriages, that because we are "christians" we are set above every one else --- our standards are higher than theirs.
Therefore we can not associate with them.
We hide our stinking, rotten inner selves beneath our cloaks of prettiness.
We can't smell the stink that flows from us, we think it's all the  "other" people, the ones  with sin in their lives.
We forget that we are not hidden from GOd, that He knows every thought before we do, He knows what our response will be to a situation before we do, He knows the filth that flows from our souls.
And He loves us, fools that we are, He gives us Grace everyday to deal with all of our sin; Grace to live another day.
HOw can we as GOd's "children" reject anyone around us, how can we think we are better than anyone else and raise our children to think that way.
We forget about grace, and mercy and God's love when it is not directed at us.
What would happen if He forgot about us?

About three months ago I started on a different path than what I thought my life would take.
It is surprising what God has in store for us if we just let Him have His way.
The situation that I am talking about has caused a tremendous amount of joy to enter my life.
It has also turned my life upside down , inside out, and around.
It keeps me on my toes.
I have lost sleep over it.