Last week, my kids and I met a little 4 year old girl named Ella Cate. She has a baby brother who was born at 13 weeks prematurely on September 26, 2019. He was 3 lbs 4 ounces and his lungs aren't fully developed. We felt the need to show Ella Cate that there are people out here that care and we wanted to make her feel special while her wonderful mother is tending to the baby at UAB. While we were visiting with her and her grandparents, her pawpaw showed us this view. I'd say there was about 3 minutes between the 1st and the 3rd picture. It absolutely astounds me how quickly things change when we aren't looking or paying attention. If you were to sit and look at the same spot, you aren't going to immediately see the difference. Although it is a beautiful difference between the two pictures, our focus was on something just as beautiful. If we hadn't refocused and looked again, we would have missed it. While noticing the difference, my first thought was how quickly our children grow. Often times we feel like if we blink, we are going to miss their childhood. As a couple days have gone by and I was looking through my pictures, I thought about when we turn away from God. We are humans, we are going to make mistakes and we are going to sin. If or when you do, get your focus back and let God do beautiful things in your life like He does with the world's canvas! #ImReallySpeakingToMyself #ImVERYFarFromPerfect #LetYourFaithGrow
After a long weekend at the Motion Student Conference, Madison, Makayla, Mackenzie and I met Mandie in Atlanta for her to pick up Mackenzie. On our way there, about 40 minutes away from home, I passed a sign on I-85 that said , "Meriwether County". I have passed it many, MANY times in the last 20+ years. Each and every time I see it, my heart aches, but I push that feeling away. This time, however, I felt a tear roll down my cheek. I looked to my right to see if Madison noticed but she had her headphones on and was scrolling on her phone. I looked in the rear-view mirror to see if Makayla or Mackenzie noticed and they were doing the same. (Teenagers! 😮💨😂) In that moment, my heart ached even more and immediately following, I heard the Lord say, "Something beautiful always comes out of the pain if you just trust me." You see, when I was 16, I was living in Northeast Georgia. I was homeschooled and worked full time, where I met Scott. Scott (18) was my first boyf...
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