Sometimes it is more work than you would think to coordinate schedules and that was seeming the case as we planned to celebrate Papa (Jeremy's dad) on his birthday. But it all worked out in the end with a picnic at the park between Sunday services! The weather has been just beautiful this summer and that day was a perfect example of the loveliness we have been enjoying this summer.
As the cousins get older there have been more opportunities to participate in group games. There was a smattering of 'hide n' seek' and 'follow the leader' during our brief stint in the park.
And of coarse what Birthday would be complete with out some cake . . . this one had an appropriate patriotic flare to it as well. I am reminded of the verse in Exodus 20:5-6 where it talks about the iniquity of the fathers visiting the children to the third and the fourth generation and how we have been likewise blessed in having a Godly heritage. For our own children they are at least third generation followers of Christ on both sides of their family. What an awesome blessing that is and even more a challenge to us as parents to not take that for granted but to pursue the Lord in all areas and not assume that they will grasp onto truth by osmosis. They still need to be taught in the truth both in word and in deed as we walk through life together.
Galatians 6:9 "And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap if we do not give up."
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