And now we are Three

Analise 1 day old

For four months I have had the pleasure of being the Mother of a beautiful baby girl, Analise Traecey Nelson. She was born August 13, 2011 8 lbs. 7 oz. 21 and 1/2 in.

 I never thought that I would love being a mother as much as I do. Sure, there are a lot of sacrifices that you make.. If your a mom you know what I mean. And I only have one right now! But knowing that a little life is fully depended on you to take care of them is more then enough motivation to be the best mommy I can be.

2 weeks old

I must say it has been hard not having my Mom around to see her would be first granddaughter, but I am blessed with a wonderful and loving husband, a beautiful baby, and lots of loving friends and family. God is so wonderful the way He provides exactly what you need when you need it. And I must say He gave me way more then I ever imagined He would. And yet the blessings still come... In this world today where there is so much sin, filth, and wickedness I want to strive to bring up my children to see that God is bigger then all of that. I want to teach them of how much He loves them and what He did for them.

My prayer is that all of my children will get saved at a young age and go on to live for and serve God with their lives.

That's funny when Christians say 'live for and serve God'.. If you're living for God then you ARE serving Him. We (I) Get so caught up with OUR lives and what we are doing that we forget WHO we are doing and living for. Even if you are involved in your church-teaching, cleaning, nursery, soul winning, preaching.... Whatever it may we get so caught up in it.. Ugh, have to get up early for bus, Have to spend time preparing my message for Sunday school, have to deal with a bunch of crazy kids for a couple hours, have to clean the messy church.... Whatever it may be. We are here to serve God in whatever way He wants us to serve Him. If we were to look at how much time we actually spend serving God and how much time we spend complaining about the few things we do do for Him, I'm guessing the complaining would be equal to if not more then the serving.

Lord help me to be what You want me to be so that my children will be what You want them to be.

Matthew 16:26
"For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?"

And now our family has grown to three.
We pray daily to become the parents we ought to be.
So one day our precious child we were so graciously given,
Can one day accept God's gift of salvation and be fully forgiven.
We know it won't be an easy task,
But we hope and pray to instill in her standards and a love for God that will last.