naomi on regeneration

Naomi showed me a disturbing picture she had drawn. A wicked and violent snowman is shooting arrows that have electricity in them at a helpless stick man. I encouraged her to draw something positive and cheerful. I had completely forgotten that our devotions that morning were on regeneration. Evidently she had not. She came back with a new picture. A happy "person" experiencing a changed heart. How encouraging.

She informed me that the little "person" hovering over the heart is the Holy Spirit. Oh Lord, please bless these precious times in the morning and cause them to be fruitful.

These are her actual drawings...

mamma's buttercups

I was very pregnant and determined to plant one hundred bulbs to enjoy the spring after my little girl arrived. Who knew we would be enjoying them four years later and that same little girl would be a precocious four year old posing for the camera like she's the greatest thing since white bread?

daddy's swing

Who knew the hours that would be spent on a simple piece of wood and some rope? Sometimes the best toys are simple and homemade. Especially when made with the love of a Father. There have been days I have heard singing come from two little girls who managed to share this swing...although not for long before the flesh decided there just simply wasn't enough room for the both of them...

our little house

we are happy in our little house on the hill. we watch the seasons change out the window and the pitter-patter of feet increase as the years go by. may this little house be overflowing with happy children who are content in their little house with a swing daddy made and the buttercups mamma planted...