KNOWING God's Word

I read this quote the other day and it really made me stop and ask myself a question. First, here is the quote ....

"In order to REMEMBER God's teaching, our sons must KNOW God's teaching."- Vicki Courtney

The question I asked myself is what am I doing to help my sons (and daughter) KNOW God's teaching? There are so many days where I feel like a broken record repeating myself ... "don't hit, be nice, don't spit, have a better tone, don't yell, show some respect ....." Oh, the list could go on and on. There are days that I see them being so very nice to each other that I just want to freeze frame it so that it lasts. However, it's the days where I am repeating 1 Corinthians 13 to them and where they are quoting it back to me that I scratch my head and wonder where the disconnect is. They can tell you what it means to love each other and they can tell you what love is not, yet they turn around and treat each other (sometimes) with such disrespect that I wonder how much they understand from these verses. I think my children do well in a lot of areas but they are falling short in how they treat each other sometimes.

So, how do you help your children KNOW God's Word so that they REMEMBER God's word when it matters .... so they are living, breathing examples of God's word to those around them? I'd love to know some of the ways you are pouring God's word into your children.

Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it. Proverbs 22:6

Seeing Keegan

Yesterday, we got to see Keegan, yes we chose a name and Keegan Joy it will be. When we were in for our 20 week ultrasound they couldn't really see her heart or her hands so they wanted to do another ultrasound to make sure all was ok. She was perfect in every way.

She is lying transverse right now, which is why I wondered if there was more than one in there. I feel her all over the place. Knowing how little she is at the moment it made me wonder if there was 2 in there instead of 1. I was assured though, that there is only 1! :)

It is such a joy to get a peek inside and see our little girl growing. We have had 5 ultrasounds so far .... because of the miscarriages and so we have seen her more than we got to see the other 3. Looking at the screen always tears me up as I see a heart beating, or a hand waving, a foot kicking, or a mouth opening. So amazing to me the way life begins and how incredibly wonderful this process is.

Yesterday, she was sucking on her thumb and her feet at various times. She didn't really want to uncurl her fingers for us but we finally got a wave from her and that was too cool.

Just so neat being able to see her this early and I cannot wait to love on her in just a few months! It's going to be here before I know it. Until then, I'm savoring all these kicks and movements .... all too soon they will be gone and she will be outside growing way too fast :)

A friend of mine noted on the picture above that it looks like a hand is cradling her head. I had not noticed it until she pointed it out and tears came to my eyes as I think of the verse that says "For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb." Psalm 139:13 - He is taking care of my baby even now as she is forming in my womb. I will be framing this picture for her room!