Is there room for prayer?

Tuesday night I ran up to the store for some grocery's. While sitting at the stoplight, I started reading the bumper stickers on the truck in front of me. The first one caught my eye, "Religion kills brain cells" and the second took my breath away, "Nothing fails like prayer." Even now, I shudder to strike those keys. I immediately started praying for the soul in that white truck. My mind started to ask why? how? What could make this person put that sticker on their vehicle? Was it a tragedy, an unanswered prayer, a wrongfully answered prayer? I started to beg God to touch this person, to have me or another Christian come into their life that day. I felt like I had to intercede in prayer for a person I didn't even know. My thoughts then wandered to an even more disturbing event earlier that week. A woman I know received a phone call at work telling her to pick up her daughter from school because she had just tried to commit suicide on school grounds. What is worse, the daughter is 7!!! Oh yes world, we need prayer now more than ever. Why, because God is there when no one else is, God is there waiting for us to spill out our worries and fears, and most of all, because God will never leave us or forsake us. Please take a moment to pray for all the "white trucks" that you see on a daily basis, and all the "7-year-olds" that feel they have no where else to turn.

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To be a child again.

Last week Jordan and I took the kids to the Children's Museum. I was very surprised at how much stuff they had for the kids to do and how well it was laid out. The place is very spaced out and has plenty of room for kids to run and play. There is learning for all ages. Chase had a blast, but you could tell he was a little overwhelmed and shocked by all the millions of kids there. He ran from one thing to the next without stopping, and made a few friends (I wonder who he gets that trait from!). The train room of course was the highlight of my child's day. Of course they had train tables set up for the kids to play on. They were great, but the agony of leaving had Chase in the restroom twice for a little redirection and lesson in obedience!!! We will definitely be going back in a couple of months, hopefully this time all of the tidewater school system will not be there!!

Mariah on the move!

Mariah has been crawling and sitting up since 5 months, but being a busy mom of two I have just recently had time to film it. Mariah is doing things much faster than Chase did, probably because she can either move out of his way or get bonked. She is a very funny little thing, she only crawls to things she really wants. Most of the time she is dying to get her hands on one of Chase's toys or secretly slip into his room. Of course then I hear, "No Ma-ya-ya, don't touch it. Mama, Ma-ya-ya is touching." Oh my, sibling rivalry has begun!!!