The God Who Cares and Knows You

Good morning! As I was thinking about what to post today, my mind kept going back to the personal Bible study that I have recently begun. I realize that so far on this blog, I have mostly discussed my family and the fact that I am a Christian, but I want it to be very clear to everyone who reads this that God is first in my life. A couple of months ago...I began to feel like my quiet times were becoming a bit routine, and I knew that I needed to do something to push me to really grow in my walk with Christ. I picked up a Bible study by Kay Arthur and Pete De Lacy called The God Who Cars an Knows You. I love the way this study is walking me through the book of John, a gospel that I have read many times already, pushing me to think, analyze, and apply each chapter to my life. As I walked my way through chapter three, I saw such a simple, clear presentation of the gospel that I wanted to share it here.

Three words: Believe - born - eternal life
These three words present the gospel of Jesus Christ clearly and efficiently. In order to have eternal life we must believe in God (Jesus) and be born again. Not literally born from your mother's womb again (as Jesus explain to Nicodemus in John 3), but spiritually born again. We must give up our fleshly spirit and allow God to give us the Holy Spirit as we become His followers.


God is good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm back!

Hi everyone! Since I just picked up blogging again after taking about a seven month break, I thought I'd update you on what has been going on in my life recently! I have adjusted well to being a mother of two! Both kids are now on a great schedule, so I get to sleep well most nights and enjoy my time with them during the day. Noah just turned 9 months old, and Rayna had her 3rd birthday in Feb. She had a dress up/costume party....it was a blast! Also in Feb. I began a new job teaching online with Educate Online. I teach Mon.-Thurs. from about 7-11pm. It is a great way to earn some money, be a stay at home mom, and flex my teaching muscles! I really do love it! I guess the last announcement I need to make is that we have instituted a family fun day into our lives every week! Thursday is Adam's day off, so every Thursday we close the TV case so that no one is tempted to turn it on, and we spend the entire day as a family. Sometimes we drive in to Athens to eat or find some other activity to do, but often we stay home, go to the park, play games, cook a meal together, etc. We have all enjoyed it so much! We are always open to family fun day ideas...so feel free to tell me about your family's favorite activities!

Wow! It has been a long time since I posted on my blog! Life gets so busy...I just let my blog go for 7 months or so! Glad to see that I can still log in! I'm heading off to bed now, but I wanted to post to say that I hope to begin blogging again! I'm looking forward to it!