Three for Thursday

Here are three things I'm thinking about on this Thursday...

ONE
I'm a little behind the times having just watched "Facing the Giants" this week. If you know anything about me, it might seem strange that I rarely meet a sports film I don't like. "Rudy" was on this past weekend and practically had me glued to the screen! This is my favorite scene from "Facing the Giants" and if you watch it you will see why...


TWO
My small group at Community Bible Study on Thursday mornings is led by a dear prayerful lady. This grandmother keeps her grandchildren while her daughter and son-in-law are working and sees this as a privilege and opportunity to pour into those children love and truth. This morning she said that she is teaching her granddaughter three words each week. She uses them to work on phonics and reading, but what stood out to me was that she was intentionally choosing words that describe how God sees her little granddaughter. One of the words she choose for this week is "beautiful." What little girl (or grown-up girl!) doesn't want to hear that she is beautiful?

I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. Psalm 139:14

Our discussions at CBS this morning reminded me of what I want to intentionally pour into the boys. I want so much for them to grow to be men of character...

THREE
A week or so ago Hudson had his well check-up. The doctor asked how much he was talking and if he was putting two or more words together. Of course, I couldn't think of any particular instances that he did that but ever since I've been noticing them. It seems like he's had a language explosion. I'm constantly thinking in amazement, "Did he just say that?" The other day at the library, I was trying to put his jacket on and Hudson in typical two-year-old fashion had his very own ideas about what he wanted to be doing. So very calmly I said to him, "Hudson, I need you to obey." To which I get the reply, "No obey" Not yelling. Just matter of fact, "No obey." It was so unexpected, I laughed. I wonder if he even knows what "obey" means?