Show me your Happy HEART!

Happy Heart?

As Craig and I are growing in the Word. A thought has crossed my mind and then talking to a couple people the answer seems much clearer now!!

For a long time when we train our little ones we say “Show me your HAPPY HEART!” When we want to see them obeying “with a happy heart” or they have a pouty look on their faces... we say “show me your happy heart” they SMILE real big and we say good job!! It is great that they are complying but we think there is a better method now...

Well thinking through this more with lots of other mixed up thoughts that fly in and out of my brain throughout the day!!!!! I have been thinking a lot about something our discipleship counselor has taught us regarding our kids... He has asked us are we trying to make our kids sinless? Is our goal as we train them that they would sin no more? Well this really made me think because as their little minds and bodies continue at times to do the same stuff day in and day out that is sin... what is our goal... to get them to stop doing it, to just stop SINNING!!!! I have come to understand more clearly today and hopefully each day that NO my goal is not to have them stop sinning it is to teach them a few things:

God's will for us is that we be TRANSFORMED, HOW? By the renewing of our minds its that simple.......His desire is not that our children would stop sinning or look like a good Christian...to be fake on the outside with a happy heart, but that they would be transformed from the inside out. A transformed life because of HIM!!!

1. God loves them

2. And in return we LOVE him because He loved us

3. We obey God out of Love, out of reverence, awe for what He did in sending his son to die for us.

4. They obey Mommy and Daddy out of FEAR? No out of Love because they love us and desire to please us with their behavior, that hopefully will transfer to God some day.

What does this look like with a little one? Here's how it goes at my house.....

Jacob you sinned when you...........You need to confess that to God (teaching them to see their sin and turn from it)

“Sorry God I disobeyed you when I …....... (confession)

Jacob lets thank God that he has forgiven you.....

“God thank you that you died on the cross for me, thank you that you forgive me.........

Then walking in victory not defeat not shame, guilt or fear!!!! Teach them they are alive in Christ and no longer under the condemnation of SIN and DEATH!

The reason for this is to show him that he is not perfect and he needs JESUS to show him that the law brings death and he can never be right according to the law....but Jesus brings forgiveness and LIFE!!

Back to the original idea about a happy heart!! I believe that when I was telling my kids to have a happy heart its fonney, fake, Also I was teaching them to try to fix their sin in the flesh. Instead of pointing them back to Christ. I was teaching them to put on a happy face and not actually deal with the situation. So all that said now I will be teaching my children to have joy, whether they like the situation or the request they can choose to obey and have joy and also to be content with the situation. Super exciting for me when God shows me something I have been doing that was slightly off base.

Hope that was kinda clear... writing is not my gifting, talking instead HAHAHHA

Let me know your ideas and if you have more questions would be happy to talk!

more birthday pics

Craig taking down Uncle Eric!! Suckerrrrrr
Craig and Jacob playing football
Eli's birthday well wishes for Aaron
The birthday boy!

Birthday PARTY!!

The brothers enjoying the cake!
The bee hive cake!!! Thanks Aunty Tera for helping make it
Lots of playtime in the grass
Birthday boy and Mama!

We had a great celebration. On Aaron's birthday me and the brothers sang to him we had hats and it was great!!

Then on Saturday we have a party at the park and hours of FOOTBALL!! Gotta love boy birthdays!

Happy Birthday Aaron

You are so sweet and such a little miracle... God was so good to protect us and get us so far. We were living with the Ketter's in Flagstaff waiting for you to come. We were going to live with the Cutlips out of town but Craig thought that was too far away. Good thing, because an hour after Craig left for Payson from visiting for the weekend, I told my mom I didn't feel good and then at the Ketter's I started bleeding out.. We rushed the the hospital. I called Craig and told him to come back because I was bleeding. 20 minutes later Aaron was born healthy and BIG. Sara was so sweek to stay with me during the c-section since Craig couldn't make it. The recovery was long since i lost a lot of blood during the delivery, and Aaron spent 8 days in the NICU. BUT now he is CRAZY, HEALTHY, and tons of FUN
We love you so much and could never imagine life without you!!
Here is the rest of the story!
http://onlythewilsons.blogspot.com/2010/08/moment-by-moment.html
http://onlythewilsons.blogspot.com/2010/09/t-1-week.html
http://onlythewilsons.blogspot.com/2010/09/t-1-day-to-go.html

Aaron David Wilson
7 lbs. 7 oz
19 inches long
born at 36 weeks!

And here you are NOW!!
Happy BIRTHDAY!!!

T-1 day to go !!

Here are the boys before the big moment at the county fair and taking nice naps!


This weekend we were in Flagstaff passing the time while Craig had to work a ton. We went to the Flagstaff county Fair with the Cutlips. The memories roll on as I remember giving the boys to my mom for the day so that Craig and I could rest together one last time before Aaron was to be born in 5 days. My mom took the boys to the fair and we ended up going down a very bumpy road with the Ketter's to kinda hike and have lunch. I didn't move around very much that day.. wasn't feeling good.. Who know that Aaron would be born a few hours later.. Here is the last picture we have before he has born. and here is a link to the belly pics we had taken the day before he was born....

http://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?pid=2953873&fbid=134912880754&op=2&o=global&view=global&subj=1410537213&id=82108055754





and here is the pic out in the forest in Flag about 2 hours before Aaron was born!!

T- 1 week

Still weird that I keep thinking back to this week before Aaron was born. This week I packed up ALL of us minus Craig and said goodbye.. We loved in the with Ketter family in Flagstaff and added to their family of 6, 3 more. They were so sweet to not only let us move in for 2 weeks but they also gave us their bedroom so that I wouldn't have to climb up the stairs.

My Aunt came to Flagstaff to help take care of us, my Mom was there also to help. The amnio was scheduled and all I could think was how I couldn't bare the thought of having a huge needle put in my belly! I tend to be a worryer and times like this always remind me that God is in control and worry is sin! God tells us specifically not to worry... I worry and regularly need to confess it! So we wait, took the kids the the aquaplex, didn't dare get in the water for fear I wouldn't be able to get out! Plans were in place Craig would come back for the weekend then back for the amnio then on Sept 11 in the morning we would have our baby boy by c-section! Family was arranged to take care of the kids, transportation back to Payson for all of us.. Its wierd how much planning had to go into it because I knew I wouldn't be able to drive home.....so many details that I worried about, and didn't need to.

More to come later!

Crackers!

I am so stingy that I hate to buy crackers at the store for my kids.. last year pre Aaron I was baking and really want to get back into it. So today was a success.

I motivated mom + 2 helpful boys -one sleeping baby= tons of homemade crackers

We made plain, lightly salted, onion/cheese.., and garlic/parmesan for Craig

Kids loved it.