As you all know I've been struggling with feeling close to God and keeping my spiritual center centered since I had my baby girl. I've half-heartedly tried a lot of things to make God a part of my daily life again in a way that really helps me grow. I say half-heartedly because I felt like I didn't even have the time or energy to put any real change in motion. I needed something new and something to motivate me.
Little did I know, that motivator would be my daughter! The last few weeks Ava has learned to pray and often four or five times throughout meals will cross her arms over her body and look up at me, "Peecum?". I say, "Do you want to pray?" and she says, "Yeah!". So we pray. Usually for our food, thanking God for mommy, daddy, Ava and whoever or whatever else we think of. And at the end we get a cute, "Amen" from the little squeaker. I thought it was adorable and didn't think much of it until I realized this week that I'm actually feeling closer and more connected to God simply by thanking him for a few small things throughout the day! Who knew. It isn't a lot, but God's so blessing that time and drawing me closer to him. I am so grateful and I am even more in awe of how he's continuing to bless and surprise me through Ava. What a darling, sweet little heart, who doesn't know who Jesus is but still loves to read her Bible and pray to him all the time. It is magical to watch his name become a part of her vocabulary and to watch the whole revelation of Jesus from start to finish.
Thank you Jesus for my beautiful baby girl, for her heart for you and for all things good, and for using her to draw me closer to you.
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