Painting

Check out all the paint on his hand. In the past, this is a child that has never wanted a speck of paint on his hand. He always wanted it washed off immediately. But this morning we were able to make some hand prints

Day 6: Jacobs ladder

"I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go." Genesis 28: 15

It is great to know that the Lord is always with you, even when you do feel alone at time, just like He told Jacob in a dream.

Day 5: Isaac and the Lamb

"Behold the Lamb of God which takes away the sin of the world." John 1:29

This has actually been the hardest one to talk about with a 2 year old. A lot of modifying had to be done with this one because how do you explain that God told Abraham to kill his own son. With the advice of some friends we were able to change it up and talk to Eli about how God wanted Abraham to give Him a gift. And at the very last minute God gave Abraham the gift of the sheep instead because of his obedience. This is a constant lesson for Eli these days as we encourage Eli to listen and obey, which is exactly what Abraham did.

Day 4: The call to Abram

"And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed." Genesis 12:3

God told Abraham to leave all the things that he was comfortable with behind and go to another country. And he was fully trusting and obedient in this calling. Because of this his family was forever blessed. This is a constant prayer for us as we want to strive to be obedient in the Lord's calling in our lives. In the moment it is so much easier to remain in the areas of our life that we are comfortable with but to listen to His call THEN we will be truly blessed.

Day 3: The Ark

"For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Romans 6:23
We are so thankful for the Life that we have forever in Jesus because of His promises to Noah when he sent the rainbow after the flood.

This is actually Eli's favorite story in the Bible so far. Everytime we sit down to read he asks for Noah. This ornament was fun to do because everytime we asked Eli how many of a certain animal went on the boat he quickly responded, "TWO." He has learned this number well since we basically drilled him when he turned two years old. :)

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Jesse Tree

This Christmas season our family is spending some time doing a Jesse tree. It is a 25 day devotional that prepares us for the coming of Christ. Each day we place an ornament on the tree that goes along with some scripture and questions. There is more involved but we are keeping it simple with Eli this year since he is only 2. Some friends got together to split up making the ornaments and they all turned out so great!!

So far Eli has really enjoyed this time we have as a family. The next day, after we have put another symbol on the tree, he wants to look at it which allows us to continue to ask questions and see what he remembers.


The first night we talked about The Light in Creation and the symbol was the Earth.
"In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth." Genesis 1:1

I was totally amazed after this night when we asked Eli who made the Earth and he replied, "Jesus."

The Second night was The first Sin and the symbol is an apple and a snake around it.
"We all like sheep have gone astray, each of us has turn to our own way." Isaiah 53:6