big week

There is a lot going on around our house this week.
- Katie had her ladies small group Christmas party at the house
- Fellowship staff Christmas party
- Our couples small group Christmas party
- Got our first Christmas card with Davis on it
- We find out what we are having on Thursday
- Davis is getting dedicated on Sunday in second service at Fellowship.

Katie and I met with Tim (the pastor doing the dedication) today for lunch. When you stop and talk about dedicating your child to the Lord it really is amazing to think about the gift that we are given in children. How do you hold loosely to them as you entrust them to the Lord but also parent them.
One of the reasons we said we were excited about dedicating Davis was because of the conversations it could lead us to in the future. We hope one day Davis might ask if we had him dedicated and why we did that. Being able to talk with your child about entrusting them to God, allowing the body of Christ to play a part it bringing up a child and saying as parents we will try our best to raise him as God would see fit.
This week at Fellowship we had an amazing song called "A baby changes everything" by Faith Hill. It was great.
Obviously the song is about Christ and how he changes everything in our lives. But Katie and I also said it is also so true of your own children. Nothing, including marriage, has shown me how selfish I am, how much life is not about me, how God is in control, how much better God is, etc...

Thankful for a great week in the midst of a great season of anticipating the coming of Christ.