...is so sweet.
My first Mother's Day with Grace we spent in church standing with about twenty other families praying over our children giving them back to the Lord. You understand this was a special service set aside to honor the Lord in this way; we had already given her to Him in our hearts before she ever became ours. It was a sweet time with family and friends gathered around us praying for her too.
She is learning more and more every day. Her broken English is quickly becoming clearer and broadening into four, five, even six word sentences. I find myself repeatedly wondering how this little 38 pound princess has adjusted and caught on so well after being picked up from everything she knew and literally dropped into a whole new world...it's really quite remarkable.
For the most part, Grace is a very sweet child. She does have moments of defiance but now they are usually only when she's really tired and needs rest. She loves knowing what the plan is for every day and she's beginning to learn the routine of normal "Webb" life. She LOVES church and is always excited every time we go. She's now going to her own class and children's church, so for the first time in about 4 months I'll be leading again in our college group this weekend. And she loves the time we spend doing "school." She's learned the whole alphabet and can recall most every letter by sight and tell you the sound it makes and a word using that letter. And she can print the alphabet too! She's learned to count to twenty (that's as far as we've gotten anyway) and we're working on her colors. She always gets yellow right but the others not so much! It is still her favorite pastime to color and do puzzles, but she also loves to play mexican train...and she's REALLY good at it.
I pray that the Lord gives me a sharp memory in the second half of life. I don't ever want to forget this season! I read Deuteronomy 26:11 this morning that says, "...you shall rejoice in all the good things the LORD your God has given to you and your household." And, man, do I have much to rejoice in! I was a little girl once and lived through some difficult childhood circumstances. I had questions and healing to work through myself, so I know Grace will go through that someday. I want to be ready to answer her questions and have an instructed tongue (Isaiah 50:4) to know the word that will sustain when she's weary. Proverbs 15:4 says, "Gentle words are a tree of life" and people need life especially when this life has been unkind and unfair. Every day is a brand new opportunity to help turn that around for someone and shed a little light and life.
She sure has shed some on mine!
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