First Words

This morning my daughter woke up earlier than usual, perhaps she's still not used to the timechange. When she wakes up early, it makes it a little more difficult for me to get ready, have my quiet time, and eat breakfast while trying to take care of her as well. So today instead of reading my Bible, writing, and praying in peace, she was climbing all over me, messing with the pages and disrupting my time with God. It was pretty frustrating for sure. Then she pointed to my Bible and I asked her "Can you say Bible?" after a couple of practices she eventually said "Ba-Ble" This was her 5th word now after Dadda, Momma, Hi, and Ball and it was by far the most exciting for sure. I then asked her if she could say "Eschatology" but that didn't work quite as well. Maybe she'll get that one in Grad School.

It was a great reminder to me this morning of how important it is to teach our children about God and how exciting it is to see them grasp something that means so much. Honestly her saying "Bible" was more exciting than her saying Dadda, because of how much my heart longs for her to have a love for God's word. May we never grow tired of begging God to do a great work in the lives of our children. Hopefully now I won't be irritated when my time with God is disrupted but I will be intentional about helping my daughter see how Awesome and Amazing our Lord is.