Because I Love You

I am up at 2:15 a.m. I HATE when I wake up and cannot go back to sleep, don't you? Anyway, I wanted to share a lesson God taught me the other day...it was such a sweet reminder. I was heading downstairs to get some clothes out of the dryer and I said, "Eden, stay here with Ba-Ba (daddy in Chinese). Mommy is going to be right back." You see, it takes longer when she follows me because I have to help her down and up the steps...you know the drill. I thought if I explained I'd be back quickly she might be content to just wait upstairs for me. But, she said, "No mommy, I want to come with you." I replied, "Why honey, I'll just be gone a second." She answered, "Because I love you mommy."

What a precious, priceless reason to want to follow me. And how worth the extra couple of minutes it took me! Later that evening I was thinking about what she said. My heart warmed and smiled the moment she said it..."because I love you." In the midst of what seems like endless and constant disobedience and correction she reminded me of her love for me. She didn't want to be separated even for a minute. Why? Because she loves me.

That is how I long to be with Christ...to have not only the willingness, but the desire to follow Him every moment, to be by His side at all times...simply because I love Him. Among my seemingly endless disobedience and correction, I'm sure it would also warm His heart to hear those words from my mouth..."because I love You."

May this remind us all to remember to stay right on His heels even in the routine, mundane, simple moments of our days. May our motivation be our love for Him, and our desire to show others His great love.

I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving week! Love you all.

Fall Happenings

Well, we took Eden trick-or-treating for the first time on Halloween and she definitely got the hang of it. Then, the next day we took a trip to the Atlanta Zoo to see the Giant Panda bears. They were incredible!!! When we were looking at them Eden yelled, "Hey Panda bear, I'm from China, too!" It was so funny. I don't have long to post right now so I'm going to give you a couple of photos. Love you all!

Here is our little "lucky" Ladybug from China.

Eden in front of the Panda habitat in Atlanta.

Aren't these animals amazing? Did you know all Pandas in the USA are leased from the Chinese government?

The rest of these photos are some that my friend took of Eden and me to give to Gene for our anniversary present. On Nov. 6th we celebrated 4 years of marriage. I am so grateful for my husband. He is such a wonderful father and partner. We went to see "Fireproof" for our date and it was a great movie...I highly recommend it! These photos were taken in a community down the road from us called Mount Laurel. Isn't it beatiful?




That's all I have time for today. Our adoption agency (Lifeline) is having their annual fundraiser banquet next Thursday night. I hope to see some of you blogging buddies there! Our pastor, David Platt, is the keynote speaker. He is amazing to listen to because of his passion for God and His Word. Hope to see some of you! Have a great weekend enjoying what's important...not housework, PEOPLE!!!!