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I know why Jesus says that we have to have hearts like the little kids, so we can go to Heaven.
Tonight Amanda my four years old girl landed out her toys to the other little girl in the home, and Mandy wants to play the toy with her but her friend rather play by herself,and thought Mandy was bothering her…in my heart I was a bit offended by it,but I was tired from the day so I didn’t’ want to go through the whole deal of reasoning and praying with both of them….I simply took my little girl out of the room and told her if your friend didn’t want to play with you now mommy will play with you,lets go to our room with Paddy– in which Amanda replied ” but if she is playing by herself,she will be lonely..” I thought that was sweet of her, but I didn’t’ really have the energy to pray and reason with the other little girl either.. I just told Manda that she would be fine, her friend can play with her mom too, and you and her will both be happily playing with your mommy.. When we went to our room, the older kids were making come cards, Mandy joined them and made a card and asked me how to spell her friends’ name…I asked her what for? She told me she is making a card for her so she wont’ be lonely and after she finished she went to her friend’s room and gave her the card.. .I was really ashamed at myself that I was actually feeling offended for my little girl but here she is, a tiny little girl with a big heart!Of couse she is not always an angle, she has her up and down, but little kids have more love and forgiveness toward things and people around them in their daily life than we grown ups do. That’s why Jesus says we have to become a child at heart, so we can enter into Heaven, a place that’s full of love. Some people say that parents have unconditional love for kids but I often think its the oposit. Kids forgive us and love us so much more than we do to them, and their hearts are surely bigger than us come to forgiveness and love. I was very convicted by her sample of love..Lord, help me to forgive others as You had forgiven me and to love others as You had loved me!
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Nathalie wrote her name in Japanese with a Japanese pen brash.
Having fun with their friends!
I love this man very very much! He is a great dad and a sweet husband! I am really blessed!
My beautiful Nathalie!
Our cute Amanda
Funny Calvin
Cute and happy Patrick!
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Marriage Advice
–Can we put the “magic” back in our marriage?
First of all, you are not alone. Many couples are head over heels in love before their wedding, but it usually isn’t long before reality sets in. And that’s not necessarily a bad thing! It’s all part of the growing process. God is drawing two lives together as one. What counts is how quickly and well you learn to work out–with love and understanding–the little problems that threaten to take the luster out of your marriage.
It’s important to realize that as a marriage relationship matures, highly charged emotional and sexual feelings naturally give way to a calmer, more steady love that allows each partner time and space to do other things with other people, while remaining firmly attached to each other. The magic is still there, but it’s a deeper magic.
It takes time, effort, and self-sacrifice to keep any marriage alive and exciting, but it’s worth it! Here are some tried and proven tips that should help put the spark back into your marriage:
- Invest time, attention, and love in making your relationship work. “Let all that you do be done with love” (1 Corinthians 16:14).
- Start each day with a kiss and affection. “Love one another fervently” (1 Peter 1:22).
- Say “I love you!” often throughout the day. Put your feelings into words.
- Compliment each other. Constantly tell your spouse how thankful you are for them and how wonderful they are.
- Set aside special times when you can be alone–just the two of you–with no work, no problems, and no kids to tend to. “That their hearts might be … knit together in love” (Colossians 2:2).
- Show love and affection even when you don’t feel like it. “Love suffers long and is [still] kind” (1 Corinthians 13:4).
- Be sensitive to each other’s desires and needs, and try to fulfill them as much as you can. “Do to others what you would have them do to you” (Matthew 7:12 NIV).
- Treat all disasters as incidents, and none of the incidents as disasters. “[Love] bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things” (1 Corinthians 13:7).
- Share your innermost feelings with each other, but temper your honesty with wisdom to avoid hurting each other’s feelings. “Speaking the truth in love” (Ephesians 4:15).
- Set aside regular times to discuss your children and their upbringing, and to pray for them. “Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it” (Proverbs 22:6).
- Take everything–your dreams, problems, needs, and worries–to the Lord together. Pray and ask Him to work them out, according to what’s best for you. “In all your ways acknowledge Him [Jesus], and He will direct your paths” (Proverbs 3:6).
- Be quick to apologize and make up after arguments. “Do not let the sun go down on your wrath” (Ephesians 4:26).
- Pray, read God’s Word, and enjoy a spiritual life together. God is love and the source of all love. (See 1 John 4:8.) He sees how wonderful your marriage can be, and He wants to take you there!
