Ethan is 2! September 15, 2009

We had a great weekend celebrating Ethan’s second birthday.  I wanted to do something special for him since my mom is throwing a party for him.  So, I figured I could at least bake my little boy some cupcakes.  After searching the internet, I found some pretty cute Cookie Monster cupcakes, right up his alley.  I was happy with how they turned out, so was Ethan.

We had a meager budget for Ethan’s birthday presents.  He doens’t need much, but the more I see the more I want to give him!  I see so many things and think to myself, E would love that.  While preparing to celebrate Ethan’s birthday I was able to reflect on this passage is Matthew 7 (ESV)  in a way that I was unable to before I had children. 

7 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. 9 Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? 11 If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

Certainly I am evil, but it is true, I know how to give Ethan a good gift.  God is willing and waiting to give us good things, he just wants us to ask him.  How much would it show God’s glory if there was something we wanted, asked God for it, and got it.  It would show His glory in a great way.  We have already seen God’s glory in asking him to help us with our debt.  He has done incrediable things with our finances which has allowed us to pay off all our debts but one (which we are diligently working on paying of).  It is only a matter of time before he continues to show his great glory by allowing us to pay off our last debt quickly too.

Long while September 10, 2009

It’s been a long while aye?  Being the mother of two gives me a lot to keep up with!  I can’t imagine what things will be like when I have more (and am homeschooling).  Or maybe I just need to manage my time better (yeah, that’s really it).  We’ve been doing a lot of fun things this summer.  We have been taking the boys on picnics, to the zoo, parks, museums, the mall, and just spending time together.

 

 

We are now the proud owners of a 2007 Hyundai Elentra.  We are well on our way to becoming debt  free. This  goal has become even more important to us in the recent months.  We noticed that we have been slacking a bit on paying things off so quickly.  We are doing well, yes, but we haven’t been pursuing it with quite the same vigor as a year ago.  We noticed we were not really praying for God to work through our finances to help us pay off our debt more quickly.  Recommitting to that prayer has helped us gain a better perspective on using our finances to help others the best we can while we get out of debt.

God already answered a prayer of ours as soon as it was out of our mouths and we were able to come to one mind as to how to spend some of our money.  He is so good!

Hopefully, I’m back on the ball again and will be posting soon.