God created

This morning Clara asked all kinds of questions about what God created:
Did he create grass? yes
Did he create trees? yes
Did he create houses? no, man did

So on my list of things to do/read to my children: Genesis 1.

Is this God revealing himself to me? It can't be pure coincidence that I shared at MOPs that I feel God has never "talked" to me and a lady said she was going to pray for me (and another lady at our table) that God would reveal Himself to us. And now...as I pray that my child grows a strong faith...she is asking questions about our faith. Innocent little questions that really anyone could just blow off. Is this God at work...working through my daughter, answering my prayers about her...by growing her faith...I'll grow in mine....

Joseph speaks

Joseph's 1st two word phrase: "Clara eat."
Joseph's 1st sentence: "Clara did it." As he points to his radio while it is playing some other type of music besides his usual nighttime classical music.

And since the first day of school, anytime Clara's name is mentioned he adds, "school bus." "Clara, school bus."

First tooth

October 5, 2014

Clara pulls out her first tooth today at breakfast. First visit from the Tooth Fairy tonight.

Bottom right front tooth.

Do you hear God?

Clara asked me tonight, "how did you know to name me Clara?"
I answered, "God told me."
She said, "God told you?! God talked to you?"
Then she asked, "how can we hear God?"

Wow, so how to answer that...I don't know. God really has never spoken to me. Well, not never, yes I did hear him tell me (in church one weekend in September 2008) in my second trimester of my first pregnancy that I was going to have a girl and I was to name her Claire. (closer to her birth, Mike thought of her middle name "'Grace" so instead of Claire, we went with Clara-which was my grandma's name.)

I said, "that is a good question. One needs to be quiet, sometimes God speaks in your heart, sometimes your brain."
Clara then adds that one can use their ears too. She then tells me to be quiet and stop talking so she can listen for God. She says she cannot hear him.
I say, "well you need to be quiet. You know how in church Daddy and I are always telling you to use your listening ears, that is a good time to listen for God."
Clara tells me again to stop talking so she can listen for God. Again, "I cannot hear him."
I say, "well, relax. Let the silence of the night take over. And just listen."

Goodnight my sweet Clara. I pray (so very hard) that He talks to you.

Meet Benjamin

The zebra with no stripes. He has a brother named Ben.