"Our growing investment....God's way"

Sometime while I've been busy being this handsome young
 man's mommy,he passed me up in height!:):)
Psalm 144:12a,15 That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth...
Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the Lord.

A down economy? Maybe this will encourage you:). A little over 13 years ago God entrusted Mike and I with His very important investment. Thankfully this awesome gift came with instructions~a whole lot of 'em. We were and still are jubilant to be entrusted with such a valuable gift!! Wow...Ours and the Lord's investment has been doing a lot of growing, both physically and spiritually. It's almost as if we can literally watch him grow! His facial features and smile is so maturing. And not to mention, his height! Oh, I just mentioned it didn't I?!:) Outward indications of the more serious growth process taking place. Again wow...his intellect (the ability to reason, perceive, understand), and the questions that because of it, that arises... Mike and I are spurred on to dig deeper in Scripture, seek out our Godly friends with our questions...It's all worth the effort, the sweat and tears and the praying, and the continued praying till God's Holy Spirit assures us He has a plan and He's gonna keep equipping feeble us to carry that plan out. The special thing is, God doesn't label us as feeble, but in actuality He lets us feel our need of Him tho'. In nurturing our investment one very important aspect has been to keep the Real Parent (Jesus Christ) constantly at the forefront of everything. I love webster's def. of forefront -the extreme front or the position of most activity, importance. And satan with his cunning, limited power tries to keep that from happening. He's so subtle, and that started way back in the Garden. A staggering tho't to us is how satan has had thousands of years to plan how to take us down. But we cry out in our need  that Greater is HE that is in us~JESUS CHRIST!!  Our firstborn child~Our son Michael (Known mostly as Bartholomew) is one of our 5 most glorious and valuable blessed investments! The only "REAL" treasures worth investing in! A hurt economy? Not God's. I'm sooo thankful. Jesus Christ and His map to victory is the same yesterday, today, and forever! Praise His Great and  Wonderful Awesomeness!