"I prayed for this child, and the Lord has granted me what I asked of him. So now I give him to the Lord. For his whole life he will be given over to the Lord.” - 1 Samuel 1:27-28




Things have been rather hectic but finally have had a chance to sit down and redesign my blog! 


Pebbles' birthday party has been and gone, her cake was such fun to make although didn't turn out exactly as I had planned...however the finished product was made with a lot of love and thus I am totally proud of it!

The cake was simply a vanilla cake, just coloured in all different colours! Also added some almond essence instead of vanilla essence, just for something different!


We had Lil Miss dedicated today at our church, was a magical and deeply spiritual morning and hubby and I feel very blessed to have been given the task of raising these two gorgeous little girls. Thus my scripture today was 1 Samuel 1:27-28. 


I thought about Hannah a lot today. It would have been so easy for her to forget God after she had given birth to Samuel. How many times do we see people get things they have prayed for and forget to give thanks to He who has given those things! We are so easily distracted by worldly things...but not Hannah, she knew that she only had Samuel because the Lord had answered her prayers and blessed her with a son. 


My prayer and deepest wish for Lil Miss is that she will grow in a Godly household, worship and praise Him for all the days of her life and follow the plan that God has for her. I have no idea what that is going to be. Perhaps she will marry and have many children. Perhaps she will be a missionary. Perhaps she will become a doctor or a teacher or a photographer or a chef...whatever she does, I pray that she will do it with all her heart and do it for the good of God. I pray that we will carry out this task with the help of God...without Him the task seems impossible but with Him I know all things are possible!


Just as Hannah dedicated Samuel to the Lord, so too did we with Lil Miss. But it was more than that. Standing in front of our church family, it felt almost like we were all dedicating ourselves to each other. Grandparents, parents, brothers, sisters, aunties, uncles, sons and daughters...all dedicating a life of helping each other, showing compassion and the love of Jesus. What is stronger than one Christian? TWO Christians! What is stronger than two Christians? THREE Christians!!! This year we have forged friendships that we never imagined possible...I wonder what the rest of this year will bring!?


I will upload some more photos tomorrow, but for now:


God Bless!