Great Website

I Googled the phrase "emergent church" this morning since I'd heard about it a couple times and had no idea what it meant. In the process, I stumbled into this awesome, biblically-based website that answers all kinds of questions backed up by Scripture. It's called gotquestions.org and is incredibly refreshing.

I read the following articles and thought they were spot on. What do you think?

What is the emerging / emergent church movement?

The Shack by William P. Young - a review

New Happenings with Brianna

Brianna is 7 1/2 months old and has cut two teeth since I last posted!! The first one popped out a few weeks ago and she just cut the second tooth two days ago. I now understand why babies have such a hard time when they are teething. Those little suckers are sharp!! I can't imagine have those sharp little teeth pushing up through my gums. I think it would hurt me too. Anyway, the drool has been flowing like crazy at our house!

She is starting to try to talk now. She says "da da da da da" over and over. This morning she was babbling in her crib letting me know she was ready to eat and she kept saying "ba ba ba ba ba." It was as if she was saying "baba" for bottle. She's so sweet!

Little Miss Bri still has not learned how to roll over! She is almost there but not quite. She can sit up by herself if she's in a semi-reclined position, though!! And she is starting to whine and cry when I leave the room for a minute. As soon as I get to where she can see me again, she gets a huge smile on her face and starts babbling.

Sweet Bri

Bri did the cutest thing the other day when I laid her down to swaddle her for a nap. She's started pulling her pacifier out of her mouth for fun and she did it while I was trying to swaddle her. She stuck her paci stright up in the air and was laying there staring at it. She looked at it for a few seconds and then opened her mouth as wide as she could, wanting that paci back in her mouth. When I put it back in her mouth, she sucked on it so hard and started making these sweet little contented sounds. She loves her paci!!

Interesting Thought

I was at my weekly Bible study this past Wednesday and our pastor had a great suggestion. He was addressing older women and mothers of young moms and told them that sometimes what young moms really need is a blessing. He said, "Sometimes they need your blessing more than they need your advice. Sometimes they just need to hear that they're doing a good job." That statement caught my attention for a couple of reasons.

First, I'm a new mom and I do need encouragement from older women. When times are hard with Bri and I'm worn out, it would be wonderful to hear encouraging, affirming words instead of being bombarded by a million different tips and unsolicated suggestions.

Second, my pastor's statement made me stop stop and think about how other new moms feel. We all get discouraged and drained at some point and just need someone to LISTEN without being barraged by "Have you tried such and such?" I've decided start doing for others what I wish was done for me...listen, encourage and give advice only when it is requested.

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