Makes you think

picture courtesy of skydivenewengland

If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is probably not for you!

I have been pondering my thoughts of failing lately, thinking about the children God has sent me with their diverse needs and how I just am struggling with how to help them. I sat down last night and came across a publication from Key Life Ministries from Steve Brown. His article was titled, "I Give You Permission," it entailed a list of our rights as Christians. (here are a few: The right to be human, the right to be right, the right to be wrong, the right to fail...)

This paragraph really spoke to me...long before the silly 'skydiving road' sign I saw on the day of my "triplets" adoption. It has been sitting on my heart since March 27th and I kept wondering what God wanted me to do with it. Well, Steve summed it up like this~Let me tell you something: A successful person is not a person who doesn't fail. A successful person is someone who got up the last time he or she did fail.

Time to get up, tomorrow morning we begin a new day, a new friend of mine named Katherine commented a few posts back, offering help with Princess Giggles (6) speech problem. Tomorrow we begin with a 10 minute timer, some silly sentences to clap out syllabically and a dum-dum lollipop taped to a plastic cup. Katherine may be an angel-or she may be my sister in the Lord, which ever, I give thanks for her.

Mr. King Meemer (5) will make his crown tomorrow, I have already shared with him about how God told me to make him a crown as a reminder of his need to trust God and not to be controlled by food-Jesus is King and will care for him always. I prayed with him last night and asked God to help him understand how much He loves my little man and that we are thankful for the crown idea. Little King Meemer began clapping and laughing, almost uncontrolably-I do believe God is working in his heart, as I have never seen him so excited or joy filled. God is good.