I haven't posted on here in over a year. So many things have happened but there is no way to get caught up so I'll just start again (and hopefully be better at it - for the whole 2 -maybe- that read it).
At church, since my wife is the children's chorister, I get to have my youngest with me for all my meetings. Today during Sunday School, since he will not sit still anymore, we walked around the building - well I followed wherever he decided that he wanted to go. Right before Priesthood we went into the gym and I had a little ball in my pocket so I put it down and kicked it to him. He was so excited that he chased it down and then kicked it himself. He then proceeded to be a little soccer player and would kick and chase it for a few times then pick it up and throw it and chase it down again for another round of kicking.
Bedtime has gone through many ups and downs since our schedule has been quite crazy but tonight we said family prayer when son#2 went to bed and then we had a little bit of time before son#1 went down. After we brushed his teeth and were heading into bed, he climbed into bed and looked at me and said "Daddy, I wanna say prayer so snakes don't get me in my bed." So we kneeled down and I asked him to say it.
"Dear Heavenly Father, Thank you. Please bless me to be safe. Please bless me to be brave. In name Jesus Christ, Amen."
We have said prayers before to be brave and safe and to help him sleep but it is usually me coaching him. But every now and then he just comes off with these perfect prayers and has the faith that Heavenly Father and Jesus will keep him safe.
I love the faith of a child and now completely understand why we need to become as a child and have the faith, love, and complete trust. I am so grateful for the blessings of the gospel in my life. It brings such a comfort as a father to know what I need to teach my boys and that I'm not alone but can turn to God with anything that I need help on. Mormon.com is an amazing resource to answer questions and help anyone searching for the truth.
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Sunday, October 19, 2008
Sunday stories
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Spiritual Experience
I don't know if there are people that read this blog that don't know me. (Probably not since I haven't blogged in quite a while.) But I am a member of the Mormon Church. I don't normally blog about spiritual experience but my good friend Brian recently posted about how he was thankful for the Holy Ghost. And it got me remembering a very special experience for me.
For those that don't know, we just had son # 2 born to us 2 weeks ago today. He is doing great! My wife had a c-section with our first and was really hoping to have a VBAC. She was doing everything that she could to 'encourage' #2 to be born naturally but nothing seemed to be working. 2 weeks ago she went into the Dr. for her weekly check up and her blood pressure was high. The Dr. was concerned because she had a history of C-section and worried for her and the baby and suggested a c-section the next day. My wife was so distraught and I was working in SLC and couldn't get away to be with her. We decided that we would pray about it and talk on my lunch break. Unfortunately, I was so concerned for her I had a hard time concentrating and even getting a clear head to pray, but I did pray to help us know. I called my wife later to talk to her. It was amazing at how Heavenly Father loves us so much that he answers prayers so quickly and clearly. The only time my wife was able to be calmed (and stop crying) was when she decided to have the C-section the next day.
Well, the next day at the hospital her blood pressure was fine again but we still felt that we should go through with the surgery. As you know, we had Sam and things went ok. But there was one point in the delivery that we got on tape that really affirmed to us that God watches over us. As they were trying to pull #2 out through the incision they had a hard time. The umbilical cord was wrapped so tightly around his throat that they couldn't even pull him out without first unwrapping it. It was so tight that they basically had to roll it over his head.
It was through that Holy Ghost that we knew what God wanted us to do to save my son's life. I have no doubt about it. Even now i feel the calming spirit as I think about it and have to thank my Father in Heaven and my Savior for loving us and protecting us from what could have been a really ugly delivery with an emergency C-section that could have possibly resulted in the death of my son.
God lives and he loves us, no doubt about it. I thank Him for now both Mom and Baby are doing fine! I am thankful for the Holy Ghost and for his part in relaying Heavenly Father's will and providing comfort to us when we desperately needed it.
For those that don't know, we just had son # 2 born to us 2 weeks ago today. He is doing great! My wife had a c-section with our first and was really hoping to have a VBAC. She was doing everything that she could to 'encourage' #2 to be born naturally but nothing seemed to be working. 2 weeks ago she went into the Dr. for her weekly check up and her blood pressure was high. The Dr. was concerned because she had a history of C-section and worried for her and the baby and suggested a c-section the next day. My wife was so distraught and I was working in SLC and couldn't get away to be with her. We decided that we would pray about it and talk on my lunch break. Unfortunately, I was so concerned for her I had a hard time concentrating and even getting a clear head to pray, but I did pray to help us know. I called my wife later to talk to her. It was amazing at how Heavenly Father loves us so much that he answers prayers so quickly and clearly. The only time my wife was able to be calmed (and stop crying) was when she decided to have the C-section the next day.
Well, the next day at the hospital her blood pressure was fine again but we still felt that we should go through with the surgery. As you know, we had Sam and things went ok. But there was one point in the delivery that we got on tape that really affirmed to us that God watches over us. As they were trying to pull #2 out through the incision they had a hard time. The umbilical cord was wrapped so tightly around his throat that they couldn't even pull him out without first unwrapping it. It was so tight that they basically had to roll it over his head.
It was through that Holy Ghost that we knew what God wanted us to do to save my son's life. I have no doubt about it. Even now i feel the calming spirit as I think about it and have to thank my Father in Heaven and my Savior for loving us and protecting us from what could have been a really ugly delivery with an emergency C-section that could have possibly resulted in the death of my son.
God lives and he loves us, no doubt about it. I thank Him for now both Mom and Baby are doing fine! I am thankful for the Holy Ghost and for his part in relaying Heavenly Father's will and providing comfort to us when we desperately needed it.
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