"The fundamental mission of motherhood now is the same as it always was: to nurture, protect, and instruct children, to create a home environment that enables them to learn and grow, to help them develop a heart for God and his purposes, and to send them out into the world prepared to live both fully and meaningfully."

-Sally Clarkson from the Mission of Motherhood

Saturday, September 29, 2012

Mary Claire's dedication

In August we had the opportunity to dedicate Mary Claire to the Lord at our church.  We love her deeply with all of our hearts, but we know she is not ours, she is His.  This is the verse we chose for her and will continue to pray for her as she grows and changes:

Romans 15:13

" May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit."


Yes, Mary Claire, we have hope!  Our lives are not meaningless if we know Jesus.  We pray you come to know Him as your Savior and grow in a personal relationship with Him one day.  

An extra blessing was getting to stand beside our dear friends, the Woods, who were dedicating (giant) baby Brady.  He makes me miss my baby Clarky. :)  We also got to stand beside our friends, the Boyds (baby Brighton), as well as the Barretts (baby Zoe) from Sunday School.  So fun having friends with babies the same age!!

Who knows what AM and C were discussing during the prayer?
And here they are dancing.  

Wow.  At this point I was sweating profusely.

I think Mary Claire was ready to hit the hay.  Of course she was a perfect angel as always!  Love this pic of our family of five.  Thank God every day for His blessings.
We also had Gigi, Papa, Gamma, Pepaw, Grandmommy, Granddaddy, Josh, Julia, Brooks, and Sarah Catherine there too, but we didn't take a picture!  shoot!  We've GOT to get better at that!


2 comments:

rackersfamily said...

Clark... that's priceless.

angie said...

Ahhhh loved this day:) and so thankful we got to do it together!!