Dear Genevieve and Isabella,
I can not believe that you are 13! Where did the time go?!! Just yesterday we were flying in the minivan to the hospital to welcome you into this world. Our "crazy love" for you has made it to its thirteenth year. Your Dad and I are so proud of the young ladies that you are becoming. We love to watch y'all becoming. We have tried to make it slow, but there is no way to stop time. In just a blink of an eye, you will be flying out of our little nest, like Cami and Ali did last August. So while we have you for about 5 or 6 more years in our sweet little nest, I want yall to know this deep down in your heart, into your marrow, where it will be there always.
First off, you are so LOVED. Of course by your family, but especially by God. You are the apple of His eye, He knows how many ringlets make up that wild head of hair of yours. He sees and knows your hearts and wants more than anything for y'all to know His. So girls, please always always always seek to Know Jesus. Read your Bible daily, that is His love letter to you, and mostly pray daily. When you know Jesus, you will fall absolutely in love with him, and always yearn to do his will in your life. He knows what is best for you, pray to do His will daily, and lay your life on His altar daily. Trust Him, be obedient, lean on him for understanding. He will give you wisdom and courage, and love for others. When you seek His beautiful face, the things of this world grows strangely dim. I am praying that God will set your hearts on fire for Him, and that you will always fix your eyes upon Him. He has great things in store for you, I just know it.
Study His word, because that is your sword. Your defense when times get tough, and trust me, there will be tough times. You will be able to not only defend your heart, but attack back with truth. His loving words, when buried down deep, will come flying up in a heartbeat when you feel worthless, sad, inadequate, scared, ashamed. He doesn't just expect us to do this life on our own girls, His design was for us to look to Him for everything. He delights in us when we look to Him, He smiles. Don't you want to make Jesus smile?! Always be thankful and praise Him for the blessings that he bestows. And remember there is always something to be happy about.
My prayer for you is that you will be used up for Jesus. We said goodbye to our favorite person on earth a couple of weeks ago. Your sweet namesake, Evie, Geneveieve went to her heavenly home. Her obituary said that "she felt that her greatest purpose was to love each person with the love of Jesus. Because of her deep love of Jesus, her heart was always full of joy, her cup always running over and she bore much fruit." Both of you have specific purposes in this life on earth. I can name several things that He has gifted you with that has bubbled up to the surface. One thing I see is how both of you are compassionate. You stand up for people and love with all of your heart. You both have personalities that are always cracking us up. You make your little sisters and brothers laugh so hard, and there is never a dull moment in the Dart house because of Evie and Bella. I see how you love on your siblings. Like little mommas, you are sacrificial, putting their needs before your own. You know how to turn a moment of strife to calm. Evie has a fierce lion heart, like her aunt jessi, while you ,Bella, are gentle and laid back. The same personalities from day one, just getting more pronounced and clear. Evie, you wear your heart on your sleeve, there is nothing fake about you sister. Bella, you can cheer up a troll. True, happy hearted girls, bold and beautiful are y'all. You are learning more and more about each other, and your bond has strong ever strong. These teen years will be a roller coaster ride, but you must always know that love covers a multitude of sins. Your love for each other, covers faults. You are building friendships, learning responsibility and discipline with school, loyalty and camradarie with sports. School, is not just for learning in books, it is a school of life also. Y'all are passing. You care, share, lift up and encourage. This is more important to me than A's. I don't care if you are the smartest student, the best athlete or the teachers pet. My prayer for you is to be kind, and I know that you are passing that test.
The most important thing in this day and age, really in everyday and age, is to make sure that you put the Lord before everything: meaning every text message, every snap chat, every picture posted, every word said and all of your actions. Let the Lord guide your steps, give him control of your life, lay it down on the altar. He has already written your story out, so just trust Him, you know it is good.
Thank you for being kind to me. Thank you for supporting me in my tiredness, in my craziness, in my busyness. Y'all are going to be great mommas and wives one day, I know it. But for now, enjoy being just a teenage girl, having fun, and making the best of friends (with boys and girls).Enjoy life and be thankful. I am so glad that you are mine.
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