God Created

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I am so so bad about blogging now that my season of life of a baby/young toddler is over. It's amazing how quickly "extra" time changes as the kids get older. Their needs changes, the time changes, the busy-ness of life changes. PRAISEwear blog is still important to me, but a quick facebook post or pictures is easier for me at this very moment in life.
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Many blessings to you! Genea

Praying for your children

I am ALL about helpful guidelines on how to continual pray for my kids. A friend of mine emailed me this from one of her friend's blog…it is an excerpt from a newsletter by Homemaker’s By Choice… http://www.homemakersbychoice.org/

Pray Scripturally For Your Children- Giving your child the gift of prayer

Part of building your home on holy ground is praying for your children. It is both a responsibility and a privilege. You can use the guide below in your prayer time by putting your child's name in the blank. And, as you send time in God’s Word, write down passages that you can later use as prayers specifically for your child.

Help _______________ listen to her father's instruction, and not forsake her mother's teaching. (Prov 1:8)

Show ______________ your ways, O Lord, teach him your paths, guide him in your truth...and may his hope be in you all day long. (Psalm 25:4-5)

Hide _______________ in the shelter of your presence from the intrigues of men;

keep _____________ safe from accusing tongues. (Psalm 31:20)

Help _____________ to love righteousness and hate wickedness. (Psalm 45:7)

Guide ____________'s feet into the path of peace. (Luke 1:79)

May _____________ love the Lord with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his mind.

(Matthew 22:37)

Protect ___________ from the evil one. (John 17:15)

Give ____________ strength to obey God rather than men. (Acts 5:29

May _____________ be joyful always, pray continually, and give thanks in all circumstances. (1 Thes 5:16)

May ___________ have a pure heart, good conscience and sincere faith. (I Timothy 1:5)

Adapted for use by Donna Otto
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I posted this on my blog late last year, I love it so much that I have it on my fridge. I read an insightful article on ways to pray for your kids from "Thriving Family-focus on the family" magazine last year.
I would like to RE-share with you too- Ways to pray for your kids:
Pray for protection- Ask the Lord to watch over your little ones as they play and your teens as they drive. Trust that the Lord will protect your kids in every way- body, mind and spirit (Psalm 5:11)
Pray for grace (both for them and for you)- Ask God to help your family love each other well
(2 Corinthians 9:8).
Pray for wisdom- Ask God to help your children understand the difference between right and wrong and how to respond to difficult situations (Philippians 1:9-11)
Pray for people in authority- Pray for teachers, coaches, pastors and other who may have influence in your children's lives (1 Timothy 2:1-3)
Pray for their daily choice- pray that your children will understand that obedience brings safety and blessing (Ephesians 6:1).

Its NEVER to early to pray for your child/children's future....I'm already praying for their spouses! :)

May the Lord bless you, your family and children.

Blessings, Genea

Happy Mother's Day!

I have three amazing women in my life- my mom, my step-mom and my mother in law.

They all have a significant role of who and how I am to this day.

They are all very special, valuable, encouraging to me and love them very much.

 I am so blessed with each of these incredible women and hope to be half of who they are.

Thank you MOMS for everything!

Thank you Jesus for the gift of Jayden and Maddy and that I can experience the JOY of motherhood!

"Her children arise and call her blessed" Proverbs 31:28

XOXO

Genea

Heaven!

Today was the last lesson day at our community bible study that we go to every Wednesday morning. The children usually do a coloring page about what they learned for the day. Today was on Heaven! Jayden was SOOO and is still SOOO excited about heaven! The things kids say about getting to heaven is hilarious! One of my favorites was "I can't wait to see GOLD"...there were some other really silly things...the things that come out of a 3 year old's mouth! :) And then of course my all most 2 year old, Maddy gets really excited, shouting, "heaven, heaven"!

I had a moment to share that you can get to heaven by believing in Jesus with all your heart and believing that Jesus is the son of God and that he died on the cross for our sins and rose from the dead 3 days later.....they were still so excited about all that! Jayden exclaims, "I believe!" and Maddy follows with "believe!" Thank you Jesus for this sweet moment with my kids, thank you for seeing their genuine true excitement about Jesus. My prayer is that they stay this way, following Jesus with a passionate heart!
Thank you CBS and thank you leaders of the children's ministry for supporting my kiddos faith!

Blessings,

Genea

Spring...

I'm not sure about you, but Spring is flying by! I'm not sure if its because of coaching or all the extra stuff packed in my schedule, but I still can't believe that we are half way through April. Easter already came and gone and Mother's day is on the horizon. Part of me is feeling disappointed in myself for not launching a website as expected, barely making Easter shirts on time, and I am not doing Mother's day shirts or aprons. I even have a fundraising type project on my lap, but haven't had a chance to put it together with a clear mind. The one thing that I am doing, but not daily, is posting something encouraging on facebook. To all my PRAISEwear fan, I PROMISE that after track season, a NEW line of designs will be displayed and this summer will be a good time to get a website up and running. I am sorry if I have disappointed any of you or if none have you noticed, prayers would be appreciated. :)
Thanks and many blessings today.
Genea

Through the eyes of a 3yr old

Here is Jayden explaining the Easter Garden we made on Good Friday. Jayden talks about what cross Jesus died on, who died on the other crosses, what happened to Jesus' body after he died, how many days did he stay in the tomb and where he is today!

Jayden always says that Jesus died on the cross for our sins and a sin is being naughty. And being naughty is not listening, not sharing, being unloving and not being gentle with sister Maddy.

My heart melts teaching the kids about Jesus!