You are the star student this week in your kindergarten class!! Your teacher, whom you love and adore, the golden girl, Mrs. Shawn, asked me to write a letter to tell how much you mean to me. So here goes, I don't take assignments like this lightly...
My Dear Busta Boy,
I am so glad that I have some time to sit down at the computer and write down how much you mean to me. This has been a really fun, busy season of our lives. Everything is happening so fast, like Evie and Bella, your little mommas, are 14, and are full blown teenagers, busy doing teenager stuff. Adeleine, your little disciplinarian, is 11, and is still full of spunk and hilarity. And Josie girl, 8, the one you bug the most, is as silly and goofy and brings us so much joy. You are surrounded by little women. You have handled it well, bud. You mind your own little business, and try not to get in their way. Although, you are turning into the little obnoxious brother lately, they just roll their eyes, laugh and love you anyway. You started Kindergarten this year and all of your sisters are in school with you also. Go wildcats! You have spent a lot of time hanging out at basketball gyms, getting dirty under the bleachers, mooching from the concessions stand, and socializing (roughhousing, having boxing matches) with the other little brothers. I was so excited for you to start school, I watched with hope and joy as you walked confidently into your new classroom alongside your dad. You have thrived under Mrs. Shawn, d to the p. She also teaches you that you have a "Good Good Father." I am so thankful. I love how y'all sing that song during clean up. We have had so much fun watching you grow up into the fun, silly, rumbly, tumbly six year old boy that you are now. When you came into our lives, into this girl house, you rocked all of our worlds. Finally, after all of his little silly princesses, Dad has a little buddy to do stuff with, like sports, skin a buck, run a trout line, country boy can survive kind of stuff. Camoflauge, hotwheels, Spider-Man, and lots of sound effect noises, came into this girl world. You are such a breath of fresh air, a delight, one of our joys. We are so blessed to have son, and a little brother. We have doted on you and you are the prince of our hearts. You do this momma's heart good. People always told me that boys love their mommas, and mommas love their boys. Genevieve was a great example of how boys and mommas love each other. You're my sweet boy. Curly headed, snaggle toothed, big brown eyed, freckles popping out, little poot. You love to snuggle and hug me more than my girls ever did. You love your sisters and cousins, and your friends. you rough house and fight (Ethan, Gray and SonSon, Deacon and especially your dad) just like a little boy should. You are also learning how to jitterbug with your momma.....dream come true for me! You've got some serious soulja boi, dabbin' moves also. You get lots of greens for good behavior in class and yellow sometimes for "clowing around"! You have little hobbit feet because you don't like to wear shoes anywhere. You are doing great in school, making lots of buddies, and we are so so proud of you! You are such a gift to us, a blessing that we are so honored to shepherd while you are with us.
When you were born, I prayed that you would have the character like David in the Bible, a man after God's own heart. David was a gentle, tenderhearted boy who tended to his sheep, and protected them from prey (things that wanted to hurt, or even kill them). He was adventurous, and daring, wild.. I see this in you already....how you love your sisters.."patect girls", hold your sisters hands while walking through parking lots, gently love on Duke, and Shug, and the puppies, and especially how you are so sweet and kind and loving to Nevie Ba, your sweet baby cousin. A little gentlemen. David, because he had BIG faith in God, was not afraid to face giants. And because he trusted God, and knew that God loved him and was with him, he slayed a really big mean fierce giant (everyone else was so scared of this giant) and he saved a nation. As you get older, Bud, you will have to face many "giants" in your life. But remember that the same God that was with David, is also with David Patrick!!! He was and is and always will be. So dad and I try our best to show you and tell you how much we love you everyday. Somedays we fail miserably, and you might not feel so loved. We will fail you, everyone will. That's just how it is. People will fail you, but God never will. This is a lot for your little kindergarten heart to know and take in, but I want to write it down anyway. It is so important for you to know how much Dad and I love you, but it is the foundation of your life, your identity, to know how much you are loved by God.
This is where you have to imagine a little. There is a thing called the helmet of salvation. In the Bible, God tells us to put it on everyday. when we ask Jesus in our hearts, like you did....because we are his kids, He wants to protect us. It is apart of a cool thing called THE ARMOR OF GOD. you know how football players, iron man, and army guys wear things that protect them? well, God wants us to wear things to protect us too. God's kind of protection, protects our minds, hearts and souls..the upmost important parts of us. To me the best part of the whole armor is the helmet. You get to wear it when you become a child of God. When you put it on, it protects you from lies from the devil. Lies are like flaming arrows shot by the devil, who wants to destroy God's kids. But when you wear this.. it covers your mind....it reminds you that:
- you are a child of God, you have peace with God, The holy spirit lives in you, you have access to God's wisdom, You are helped by God, You are reconciled to God, You are not condemned by God, You are justified, you have Christ's righteousness, you are Christ's ambassador, you are completely forgiven, you are tenderly loved by God, you are the sweet fragrance of Christ to God, You are a temple in which God dwells, You are a blameless and beyond reproach, you are the salt of the earth, you are the light of the world, you are a branch on Christ's vine, you are Christ's friend!, you are chosen by Christ to bear fruit, you are a joint heir with Christ, sharing his inheritance with him, you are united to the Lord, one spirit with him, You are a member of Christ's body, You are a Saint, you are hidden with Christ in God, you are chosen by God, holy and dearly loved, You are a child of the light, you are holy and you share in God's heavenly calling, you are sanctified, you are one of God's living stones, being built up in Christ as a spiritual house, you are a member of a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession and created to sing his praises, you are firmly rooted and built up in Christ, you are born of God, and the evil one cannot touch you, you have the mind of Christ, you may approach God with boldness, freedom, and confidence, you have been rescued from satans domain and transferred into the kingdom of Christ, you have been made complete in Christ, you have been given a spirit of power love and a sound mind, you have been given great and precious promises by God, all of your needs are met by God, you are a prince in Gods kingdom, you have been bought with a price, and you belong to God, you have been adopted as God's child, you have direct access to God through the holy spirit, you are assured that all things are working together for good, you are free from any condemning charges against you, you cannot be separated from the love of God, you have been established, anointed, and sealed by God, you are confident that the good work that God has begun in you will be perfected, you are a citizen of heaven, you are a personal witness of Christ's, you are God's coworker, and you are seated with Christ in the heavenly realm, you are God's workmanship and you can do all things through Christ, who gives you strength.
This is your helmet. Isn't is awesome!! When you know all of this stuff about yourself, about who you are in Jesus, and because of Jesus, then you will have joy and peace and know how much you are loved. protected. You can tell the devil to "get that corn outta my face"!!!
This is only one part of the armor of God. You will learn more about it and more about the other parts of the armor throughout your life.
I love you and I am so excited to watch your story unfold. It's going to be a good one.
This is the prayer that I pray over you everyday: May you be blessed my son David, you will do great things and triumph. 1 Samuel 26:25. God's got big plans for you.
I love you,
Momma
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