Saturday, September 24, 2011

Tiny Moments

Dear God,
Thank you for the tiny blessed moments that you give to me and Caroline. As I just sat in her room rocking her and singing, I could feel you in the room with us. Thank you for the time we get to read books together, snuggle when she first wakes up, pat her dry after a bath. I know that these moments are running away from us, and while they'll be replaced by new ones, it feels so important to take each one and cherish it as it's happening. God thank you for giving us the ability to cry, for tears that come when joy and peace just fill us up. It's such a tender moment to have joyful tears with a baby. Please let the wonderful flood of emotion I feel during our tiny moments be felt by Caroline too - and please let us hold onto those feelings when we need them most.

God thank you. Thank you.

Amen.

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Us

Dear God,
Thank you for my family. Thank you for the gift of this sweet baby and for the special relationship and bond we have. Tonight God I pray for my relationship with Caroline. Please let us grow close, and stay close. Please let us get along well, learn from one another and enjoy each other. Please let me be able to pass on the best of myself to her, and please let the best parts of CJ rub off on me too.

Thank you for mothers and daughters God, especially for mine.

Amen.

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Ephesians 6:18

Dear God,
We're told to come to you with all kinds of requests, and that no prayer is too small for you to hear. So, tonight I'd like to pray about Caroline spitting up. God please settle Caroline's tummy, and keep her from spitting after she eats. Please help her to enjoy her food and to not over eat, and to keep down all of her milk. God when we start solids, please make her good at eating solids, and help her keep that down too.

Thank you Lord for everything about Caroline - we rejoice in having her, and praise you for each piece of her, even her spit.

Amen.

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Time

Last week I celebrated my 30th birthday. It got me thinking about Caroline and her 30th birthday - there's so much time between now and then, and I don't intend to rush one moment of it. However, thinking about that span of time inspired today's prayer.

Dear God,
Thank you for the time you've already given me with my precious daughter Caroline. Today I pray for more - lots more. I pray that you give our family health and many years together. I pray that the time you give us is filled with love and happiness, with excitement and success. Please grant us time together to grow into the family you made us to be. God please also help us to be grateful for all the time -- from tiny wonderful moments to long years -- that you're giving us.

Amen.

Thursday, September 8, 2011

Volunteering

Today Caroline went to her first Junior League meeting. That inspires today's prayer.

Dear God,
Thank you for the opportunity I have with the Junior League to volunteer in our community. Thank you for the opportunity to expose Caroline to the wonderful women in the group and the work that we do. I pray today that you give Caroline a heart to want to help others and a volunteering spirit. I pray that she grows into a woman who can be counted on to help, and is known for her generosity. Please make me and Dan into good role models for her, so that these traits become part of her life early on.

Amen.

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Strength

Yesterday Caroline had her four month appointment with the Dr. It went well, and our doctor commented on her physical strength. She said she was very strong and was proud of her for all of her muscle control. That inspires today's prayer.

Dear God,
Thank you for the good report from the doctor yesterday. Thank you for Carolines growth. It's amazing how much she has changed in four short months. I truly see your work in her each day. God today I pray for strength in Carolines life. I pray that she always has the strength to deal with the things that come her way. Please give her that kind of strength. Also, please give her the knowledge that she has inner strength to overcome self doubt and fear.

Thank you for our strong little baby, and for the strength you give us every day.
Amen.

Sunday, September 4, 2011

Our friends

Dear God,
Thank you for our friends who are so kind and helpful with Caroline. Thank you that they dont judge her for her rough patches and love her regardless of her mood. Thank you for their tolerance with her spitting, for the way they want to hold her and keep her, not just when she's happy. Thank you that we have people in our life who think of her like family and treat her that way. God please keep family friends like these in our lives, and let us grow closer with them each day as we watch Caroline grow as well.

Amen

Thursday, September 1, 2011

The people who care for Caroline

Last night was the first night I went back to teaching since having Caroline. We are so blessed that I'm able to be at home with her during the day, and I'm truly enjoying raising her this way. Because I have to leave the house before Dan is able to be home from work, we've hired a sitting to come on Wednesday's for about an hour until Dan arrives. Last night was the firs time i left Caroline with a sitter who wasn't a good friend or family member. That inspires today's prayer.

Dear God,
Thank you for our sitter, Kristyn. Thank you for our friends who introduced us to good, reliable sitters for Carolline. Please let Caroline grow to love Kristyn and feel comfortable in her care. Through Carolines young life I know there will be many people who we trust with Carolines care and i pray that we are alway able to find good, loving, trustworthy people for that very important task. Plase give us wisdom in hiring sitters, and please send us people who will care for and love our baby the way we do.

Amen.