My little Blessings

2 Timothy 3:14-15 (NKJV) ¹⁴ But you must continue in the things which you have learned and been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them,

¹⁵ and that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

I love being a mother; I have three beautiful children, 15 and 11 year old daughters and an 8 year old son.  Through some human choices I have also been blessed to be a step-mother to two beautiful twins, a boy and a girl age 7.  The term step-mom never seemed to give honor to what I am to them or what I feel towards them, so I much rather to say bonus mom;-).

            I'll be the first to tell you I'm not a perfect mom and I've made many mistakes. Sometimes my patience is lacking and I'm not the fondest of cooking.  At times I'll yell and don't always stick to my rules or punishment.  I'm good for crying when talking about or bragging on them, but love to do it just the same.  I love my babies, all five of them!  I call them the Culliver's Village.  Last year for mother's day they bought me a cake that had a sign on it that said Culliver's Village, I cried then too. 

            One thing I have always tried to teach my kids is about God; His unmatchable love and unfailing faithfulness.  That He will always be there for them even when we, their parents can't and that He is always a prayer away.  Also, that He is to be praised and thanked for everything that He has done.  A very strong and constant prayer of mine is to help them be so rooted in Christ that they will never fall from or leave Him.  We talk about Him all the time, pray to Him together and thank Him for how He blesses our family and friends. 

            It does my heart good when I hear of my oldest trying to win her young friends over for Christ, when I glance down and see my youngest son singing a gospel song out of the blue.  It makes me feel good when my middle daughter will stop whatever she's doing to help someone else because she has the love of Christ in her heart.  If my sweet twins see you praying they would quietly put their arms around you and join in the prayer, this always made me give thanks to God. 

            Our children are wonderful blessings loaned to us by God and it's our honored responsibility to raise them according to His will.  To help them grow up to honor, serve and praise Him as much as He so much deserves!  This isn't an honor to be taken lightly or for granted.  We can't love our children and say we want the best for them if we are not teaching them about God! 

Deuteronomy 6:6-9 (NKJV) ⁶ “And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart.

⁷ You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. ⁸ You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. ⁹ You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.