I never knew that I would get so excited about a pumpkin until I saw Lily Kate "discovering" pumpkins for the first time! Last Saturday Meg and I took Lily and my great niece, Rayna to a pumpkin farm to pick out their very own pumpkin. We went on a hayride pulled by a tractor to get to the pumpkin patch. The hayride was very exciting within itself, but nothing could top the excitement of seeing Lily and Rayna when they saw the field of pumpkins! Lily immediately began exclaiming "ball", "ball"!! By the way, everything round is a ball!! And Lily loves to play with a ball! What a fun and exciting day watching the smiles on these girl's faces.
I couldn't help but find time on the train ride to praise God for pumpkins! And train rides, and hayrides, and HEALTHY children. What a true joy and cause for daily praise if you have a healthy child...today. It's so easy to lose sight of this magnificent blessing in this crazy world we live in. Children are a precious gift and they belong to God. How dare we ever take them for granted. Each new morning brings a new opportunity to teach that child how much Jesus loves them and how they have been called by Him to grow in His ways.
Don't waste that opportunity today!! NOTHING is more important than the time and love given to a child! "Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these" Matthew 19:14
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