11:32pm
I posted pictures of the daily devotional I read yesterday. I try to do a daily devotional each morning out of the book "Jesus Calling." Yesterday it talked about how you have a choice whether to moan, groan, and be grumpy during the day OR to rely on God and, as it spoke to me, to let your light shine. I have thought about this a lot lately, especially when it comes to taking care of my big girls. I could choose to lock myself in a room forever and be sad and grumpy (bc there's no doubt some days, or at least at times, I feel like doing this) or I can rely on God and His strength to help me through. With our older girls, they need me...and I want and need to be there for them. I need them to see I love them so much and I am there for them even though I am hurting and missing our sweet Avelyn. I have to make the choice of what my emotions will show and what actions I will take. Sometimes it's easy to do, but sometimes I am totally relying on God and all the prayers you all are sending up for me to be able to do this. Yesterday's devotional also meant a lot to me bc since Avelyn was and still is our 'sunshine,' we have decided we want the message to ourselves and to others to be "Let Your Light Shine" from Matthew 5:16. Right now we are relying on our Lord & Savior, our sunshine Avelyn, and all the love & support & prayers you all r giving us. We want to Let Our Light Shine through all this and we want others to do the same. This is one purpose we feel our precious baby girl's life has had. I posted a pic of the devotional I read yesterday, as well as one of the bible verses attached with the devotional, including the few verses before it--Luke 1:76-79. I feel these verses speak of our sweet Avelyn, but also what is wanted from us as children of God. We feel Avelyn has been our "rising sun" (verse 78) and has helped to "shine on" us (verse 79). As her parents we want to do the same for others...and we want to encourage others to do the same--to honor her life and honor God. That's why today, and always, we want all to Let Your Light Shine.
I posted pictures of the daily devotional I read yesterday. I try to do a daily devotional each morning out of the book "Jesus Calling." Yesterday it talked about how you have a choice whether to moan, groan, and be grumpy during the day OR to rely on God and, as it spoke to me, to let your light shine. I have thought about this a lot lately, especially when it comes to taking care of my big girls. I could choose to lock myself in a room forever and be sad and grumpy (bc there's no doubt some days, or at least at times, I feel like doing this) or I can rely on God and His strength to help me through. With our older girls, they need me...and I want and need to be there for them. I need them to see I love them so much and I am there for them even though I am hurting and missing our sweet Avelyn. I have to make the choice of what my emotions will show and what actions I will take. Sometimes it's easy to do, but sometimes I am totally relying on God and all the prayers you all are sending up for me to be able to do this. Yesterday's devotional also meant a lot to me bc since Avelyn was and still is our 'sunshine,' we have decided we want the message to ourselves and to others to be "Let Your Light Shine" from Matthew 5:16. Right now we are relying on our Lord & Savior, our sunshine Avelyn, and all the love & support & prayers you all r giving us. We want to Let Our Light Shine through all this and we want others to do the same. This is one purpose we feel our precious baby girl's life has had. I posted a pic of the devotional I read yesterday, as well as one of the bible verses attached with the devotional, including the few verses before it--Luke 1:76-79. I feel these verses speak of our sweet Avelyn, but also what is wanted from us as children of God. We feel Avelyn has been our "rising sun" (verse 78) and has helped to "shine on" us (verse 79). As her parents we want to do the same for others...and we want to encourage others to do the same--to honor her life and honor God. That's why today, and always, we want all to Let Your Light Shine.
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