i have a ton of amazing things in my life. I have a great family, great wife, great parents, awesome friends. I have been trying to find 1 new thing to be thankful for each day for 30 days. I have not been as consistent as I should be with this. Hmmm, maybe i will start using this site as my place to list 30 things that I am thankful for…we will see how that works. If I do here is number 1. I LOVE MY KIDS. Kids are the best thing that could ever happen to your life. I remember sitting with a friend a few weeks back, don moen, and he said to me: Brewster, have as many kids as you can. Children are your inheritance. Money will come and go, but your kids will be your legacy. That was awesome. It really made me rethink my position. One of the greatest things about my kids (As ashlyn is crawling up to the top shelf of the pantry and Isaiah is running around the house throwing stuff and singing bang bang choo choo train at the top of his lungs) they LOVE worship music. They love music in general but worship is their favorite. Not a day goes by that we are not forced to listen to “The Jason Upton Song” or “Number 10 (on israel’s new recording). I LOVE THIS! I remember as a kid driving in my parents car in Canada listening the Alabama. I also remember having 8 tracks of the imperials, lionel richie, and the jackson 5. I remember my Grandfather playing big band music on records in his house as he cleaned. I am thankful my kids will grow up loving worship and remember being young and hearing these songs. Zay even writes songs now. He will lay in his bed at night and compose songs, and they are all “songs to God”. Now if that is not a blessing, what is? Oh yea, he likes the girlfriend remix by Avril Lavigne and Lil’ Mama too…so there you have it.
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I love this idea, I am totally going to do this, for 30 days i am going to find one thing that I am thankful for. wow, what an awesome idea
I’ve been wanting to see pictures of your kids, and now I have. They are adorable, and so big…since when did we get so old?!
I thank God every day that I’m a mom. I didn’t give birth to my kids - God entrusted them to me through marriage. We never use the word “step” in our house, and we often forget. Seriously! This October my daughter will have lived with her dad and me for more than half her life! My son won’t reach that milestone until April of 2009.
I’d be lying if I told you there weren’t days that I have felt inconvenienced by having two kids I didn’t give birth to living under my roof. I’ve had to sacrifice a lot to raise these kids. But when I remember how selfish I’m being I begin to think about how God GAVE them to me! He is allowing me to shape their lives. I got to lead them to Christ! How awesome is THAT?!
Sometimes I like to tell people they are not my biological kids - so they can realize the special relationship we have. I mean, c’mon, if I gave birth to them wouldn’t you EXPECT me to stay home and take care of them? I have taken the responsibility God gave me very seriously - and gave up pursuing major market radio so I could take care of them. And God has blessed my little home studio voice-tracking business. But even more than that He has given me two wonderful children who call me Mom. And what’s more, when differentiating between their biological mom and me, they call me their “real” mom and her their “other” mom.
Thanks for blogging about kids, Brewster, so I could have a chance to tell you how blessed I am by mine!