Brody's Dedication

March 25, 2012

We promise to ...bring up our children in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. making every reasonable effort with patience and love to build the word of God, the charactor of Christ, and the joy of the Lord into their lives. ...provide by God's blessing for their physical, emotional, intelectual, and spriitual needs of our children lookingto our heavenly Father for wisdom, love and strength to serve them and not use them. ...make it our regular prayer that by God's grace our children will come to trust in JEsus Christ alone for the forgiveness of their sins and the fulfillment of all his promises to them even eternal life, and follow Jesus as Lord and obey his teachings.

"Thank you for Brody. I thank you for this awesome guy and I thank you Lord for his sweet spritit. I pray that you would help him to follow you and love you. God, I pray that he would recognize your voice, that he would recognize your leading. And Jesus I thank you for the plans and the purposes you have for him. Lord may he have a hunger and thirst for righteousness."

Dad's Vows: "B, as your Dad I promise to do my best to look to my heavenly Father for guidance and advice. Brody I want to show you the way to be a real God-loving man. I promise to care for, provide, love you and discipline you. I love you so much and can't wait for this journey with you." "Brody Davis, Your name means "Beloved Brother." First we want you to know how loved you are. You are a blessing to us. Our family would not be the same without your sweetness, your care for others, and your playful spirit. We are so glad that you and Luke have each other. We pray that the two of you would be the best of friends. Brody, being a brother is not just who you are to Luke, its who you are called to be as a child of God. Romans 12:10 says, "Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves." We pray that you would be a person who is there for others in times of need, that you would sacrifice for others, share with others, and fight for others. And that you would become a great man of charactor and conviction. Our greatest desire is that you would know and experience the love God has for you. Who Jesus is and his ways are the most important things you will learn in life. So we vow: To seek God for our family and allow him to be the head of our household. To allow God to transform us to be more like him so that we can show you who He is. Our home will be full of conversation about who God is and who he wants us to be. We will help you discover the gifts and passions God has given you May God guide us and direct us and use even our imperfections to reveal himself to you."

After Party: We had some friends over after church for lunch. It was kind of a birthday celebration as well as a dedication celebration being that it was so close to his birthday. So I made a Bob & Larry cake. He was so excited about that cake! The boys watch a lot of Veggie Tales and one of their lines in every show is "God made you special and He loves you very much!" So it was perfect for the occasion. .