Marilyn's Mussings

Lots of changes for our little family this year! The six of us made a nostalgic visit to Disney World right after Christmas and then a snowball of changes has rolled along since. Stephen and Kassi left New Orleans after the spring semester and enrolled at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina. When they are not in class, Stephen is managing a Chic-fil-a store and Kassi is serving as children's minister at Good Hope Baptist Church in Cary, North Carolina. They have made the adjustment well but we are a little sad that they are no longer in the same city with Leah and JP. JP has given up youth ministry to do supply preaching. After hearing him, I can tell you that God has gifted JP to preach! We were very proud of him as last week he completed his Masters of Divinity in Biblical Languages and Old Testament. They will stay in New Orleans and he will begin PhD work next year. Leah is a labor and delivery nurse and will soon get to experience the ot...

I only had two children. I was not one of those girls that always dreamed of having children but I guess I thought I would someday. I'm pretty sure God smiled as he watched my husband and I discussing and ultimately deciding where we would put that on our calendar. He had His own plans and blessed us with Leah six months ahead of our carefully thought out schedule. What I remember most about those early hours were my tears and marvel over the perfection I held in my arms. I could not believe how much I loved her.  Psalm 127:5 says "Happy is the man that hath his quiver full." Five arrows. Five, I decided, was the perfect number of children. But I couldn't bear to have another until I could quit work. It hurt too much to leave. So it was four years before I had Stephen. He was every bit as wonderful and perfect as Leah and though I feared I might not love him as much as I did his sister, my heart again swelled with an unexplainable love. I was so happy and so content a...