Double-Edge Sword

Even though I've been on a bit of a blogging break, my parenting duties continued ;) Jadon has been doing so well with his memory verses, and I actually look forward to Thursday nights, when we learn a new one. Thursdays? Well, that's just the day we started, so that's how we're rolling right now.

Here is a video I took of him tonight, just before we learned our 4th verse. I've listed the scriptures below, just in case you can't understand him clearly.

"How awesome is the Lord Most High." ~Psalm 47:2

"On my bed, I remember You. I think of You through the watches of the night." ~Psalm 63:6

"God created the Heavens and the earth." ~Genesis 1:1

Jadon likes to add "and God created the moon" to the last one :) We're working on (1) the fact that God created everything, including Jadon and Macy and (2) the fact that everything is His (so we have to share toys because toys really aren't yours anyway...face it, when you die, nothing's going with you). Big lessons for such a little boy, huh? Big issues for Jamie and me to guide him through. I have to say though that the spirtual training is BY FAR my favorite part of this mama gig. Breastfeeding? Blah. Potty training? No thanks. Teaching my babies to love and rely on Jesus? Yes. More. Please :)

"These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the door-frames of your houses and on your gates." ~~~Deuteronomy 6:6-9

These are not mere words Jadon is memorizing. This is his sword to carry with him throughtout his entire life.

"For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart." ~~~Hebrews 4:12

Life is hard. He's gonna need it. Amen?

Psalm 47:2

Jamie was his typical sweet and sneaky self, when he bought me a Bible memory verse book and surprised me with it at Jadon's baby shower (though we didn't know Jadon was a Jadon at the time) ;) I had seen the book at Lifeway and was so excited at the thought of listening to the CD and learning scripture with our sweet baby.

While Jadon loves his books and DVDs about baby Jesus, he just really had no interest in this book. The book is set up great with a short story and an accompanying song to go with each scripture. While we've attempted several times in the past to get him to sit and listen to it, he just never had much interest. It just never clicked, and I didn't want to make it a lesson as much as a fun time together.

The new year called for another attempt, and it's going GREAT! He loves the special time we set aside each evening to go over the verse, listen to the story on CD and sing the song that incorporates the scripture. Throughout the week, Jamie and I will ask him what his memory verse is, and this is what we get:

Right now, we plan to do a new one each week, and review the older verses throughout each day. I have also been teaching Jadon to pray more specifically. Until now, he had mainly prayed a prayer of thanksgiving. "Thank you, God, for..." and he would name every member of our family and friends he could think of, and if he missed anyone, I would remind him. We have quite a list going!

This past week, we have begun praying for Katie, the 5-year-old who has cancer that I mentioned in the previous post. You can read about her family's story here. When we started praying for God to heal Katie and make her all better because she is sick, you could see how delighted Jadon was. I assure you, mere words cannot describe it, you'll have to trust me, but he will go on and on about Katie and all of the things he would like God to do for her (assuming Katie would like to go to church and play cars and trucks)...so sweet. Out of the mouths of babes ;)

When I'm praying with him, and now as he is beginning to initiate his own prayers, I can't help but feel that God is listening so intently to the purest, most innocent of hearts. He lights my world.

"How AWESOME is the Lord Most High?"