bigger than God

when elijah tells me he loves me more he says he loves me "bigger than God." now that's a lot of love if you ask me.

so, the other night he was praying and he said, "i love you God, bigger than yourself. and i love mommy, papa, and madelyn bigger than you."

i think that made God smile :)

Elijah-isms

I wish I could remember EVERYTHING this kid says. I truly never know what is going to come out of his mouth next, but here are a few ...

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This past weekend we had all of Dan's siblings here and most of their family members. Elijah was so excited to see his cousins and everyone he said, "I am so lucky today! I have all my best friends here!!"

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They are learning in school that Satan is bad and God is good. I am learning a lot about Satan as well as a result. Such as ...

Satan picks his nose.
Satan lives in total darkness and wants you to eat junk. God wants you to eat food.
God wants you to love heroes. Satan wants you to love villains.
Satan says "Oh my God."

I bring Ellie, Elijah's classmate, home twice a week. She has had lots of input on the subject as well. They have quite the discussions. Here are a few of Ellie's thoughts ...

Satan would shave all boys and girls heads if he could.
She also had a dream where Satan "really did" try to give her a boy's pull-up.

Elijah: "Ellie, we shouldn't love Satan."
Ellie: "But God tells us to love our enemies!"
Elijah: "Mommy, I don't want to love my enemies!!"

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Elijah said "Oh my Gosh" the other day and Madelyn said, "Elijah, you shouldn't say that. It's bad." Elijah: "Why?" M: "I'm not sure. I just know it is."

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We have gotten a ton of snow lately and Elijah said, "The stop sign is getting lower and lower!" Later that day he told my mom, "Everything is getting lower except the houses with the toys in them." (the sheds)

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Elijah loves the ladies. We had Madelyn's friend Isabelle here the other day. The girls were talking to Dan and Elijah goes up to them and hugs them from behind saying, "I love these girls!" He did the same thing with Dreama and Kim, his cousins. He was hugging them at the same time :)

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Elijah: The Hulk is the strongest super hero. Ellie: Stronger than Jesus? Elijah: hmm ... no.

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Elijah prays that I will get older on my birthday. This is his prayer most nights. The other night he mentioned it twice in his prayer! Should I be worried. If you read this, please pray the opposite for me to hopefully counteract his prayers. Thank you.

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Last night Elijah said to me, "I wish I had bunk beds so you could sleep on the top and I would sleep on the bottom ... Actually, I would sleep on the top, you can sleep on the bottom."

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Elijah: "Mommy, if you had 100 million boys standing in front of you, would you still pick me?" Me: "Of course I would!" Elijah: "You are my best mommy"

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We have a wii now and Elijah is so verbal when he plays. During the racing games his car is going all over the place, but he keeps saying, "Weee!" and "Woo Hoo!" He is such a happy kid. Of course when he's down he is very dramatic about it, but mostly he is happy. He wakes up happy while the rest of us are just trying to figure out how to function in a new day, but he keeps us laughing.

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We don't have any sledding hills nearby so Dan usually ends up pulling the kids around on the sled, not very quickly I might add. It doesn't matter to Elijah though. He was yelling, "Woo hoo!" and at one point said, "This is like a video game!"

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Tidbits

Yesterday I was running late for church so I did my makeup in the car. I requested the windows up so my hair wasn't flying all around while I tried to put on makeup. Elijah then said, "Oh Mommy, you are going to be SO beautiful with your makeup on." He is such a charmer. Oh how I pray for that child.

So, we get to church and Elijah asks me if I have my makeup on and he wants to see me. Sure enough he then says, "Mommy, you look so beautiful." Ah, it cracked me up. He says a lot of things are beautiful, like my mom's camera for instance.

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So, my girl is sick. I hate when my babes are sick, but she just has a low fever and her belly is upset. I will take these kinds of sicknesses over the hacking coughing any day. I hope she feels better soon, but I also love having her home. She's so snuggly and sweet, and I think she's thrilled to be plopped in front of the tv watching pbs kids.

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My boy turns 4 this week on Wednesday and I'm already hyperventilating.

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Happiness Factor:

Warm weather makes me feel like a new person. I love it.

I have a fabulous family who loves me and supports me.

I am extremely blessed with many great friends. I love each and every one of them and don't know what I would do without them.

God's word never ceases to amaze me.

John the Baptist said that all that we have came from heaven, or we would have nothing if it didn't come from heaven (I'm paraphrasing). I think of this often and it has made me look heavenward with a heart of thanksgiving that much more. What a great guy John was, always focused on Christ with a humble heart.

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A friend at church yesterday told me I look like a chocolate bar. I was wearing a brown swirly top with black bottoms. It made me laugh so hard. I don't think I have ever been told that before.

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I found a stool on Elijah's bed this morning and when I asked him why it was there he said because he was trying to turn the light (his ceiling fan light) on. The ceiling fan was on and the stool was very near the edge of his bed. Boys.

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My Mom-mom just turned 86 on Saturday. I hope I look as good as her and am as healthy as she is if I live that long. Love that lady.

So sentimental these days ...

or just plain weepy. Call it what you will, but man oh man. I just want to cry over every little thing.

Okay, first of all I am so in love with my Lord right now. His word never ceases to amaze me. I am so grateful that He has given me understanding to read His word.

Second, I watched this documentary . Very moving, and beautiful in a way only Christ can make things beautiful. The grace that oozes from the wives is breathtaking. They are grieving the loss of their husbands to brutal deaths, yet they are proud for their husbands for dying for Christ as Christ died for them. And their children ... oh, the children, so sweet. I bought the video so that I could pass it around. Let me know if you want to watch it.

And, check out www.persecution.com. VOM is a great ministry and I believe it's important to know what is going on with our brothers and sisters in Christ around the world. Persecution is very much alive and well. These believers need prayer, and their stories are powerful.

Third, I love studying God's word. As much as I hate to admit it I need accountability in studying it. I get lazy with it so easily so I am grateful for the ladies who study with me each week and provide the accountability I need. As much as I love it I am still so lazy with doing it, but I really do love it.

God is so real and so powerful and amazing and reveals Himself to me in ways like never before when I am in His word. And, studying the truths for myself allows me to hide them in my heart to draw on. I am so grateful for His grace in my life. I fear where I would be without Him.

Also, I have a new niece Daisy LouAnn. She is beautiful and I can't wait to get my hands on her. She's in TN though. We need to plan when we can get down there. It's amazing how much you can love a little person when you haven't even met them yet.



I mean how could you not just fall in love with that little peanut? ... (sigh)