Love in Action Journey

Just sending out lots of love as you get ready to greet 2013! May you look ahead with expectation of God's goodness, grace and favour to greet you in your daily walk through this New Year ahead. Receive all the love He has in His heart for you daily as you take on each day with purpose. Sending you all so much love! Love Janine xxx

Lately a certain word keeps popping up in conversations when we discuss our current generation. That word is "entitlement". I don't know if it is relevant to every nation, but we are certainly seeing that in our youth in this Country. There is a sense of "the world owes me". Many of the moms I chat to recognize the same pressures with their kids at school. Our children expect so much stuff so much of the time! Things we waited for until we were in our 20's, most kids feel entitled to. I remember how normal it was to only really expect special presents on special occasions. My parents always showed and told us how much they loved us and loved to surprise us with new clothes and gifts every now and then ... but we certainly never needed gifts to show us just how loved we were. These days, every outing to the shop ends with "Please can I have ... ". Obviously this stands out more at Christmas time. The expectation is just rediculous. I still laughed ...

I am trying to get a little more consistent with my updates. Even posting once a week is a good come back after all the busyness ;0) Being on holiday makes it so much easier. Since my last post, last week we had our 32 week scan and our sweet boy is doing so very well. Doc is very happy with how my body is holding Mr. Gabe. No signs of early labour ... thank you Jesus! This truly is just another testimony to an Almighty God! Both my girls came prematurely (35 weeks and 33 weeks), but Zac amazed our doctors by coming near the end of my 37th week, so we are believing the same for our Gabriel. With those facts at hand, and me having to have a cesarean, my doctor has booked the date for Gabe's birth on the 24th January. We are very excited! Just 5 weeks and 2 days to go till we meet this little cutie pie. Just look at that adorable little face! I am so in love with this little guy. He keeps us giggling with all his busy antics. He LOVES it when his daddy speaks to him. Dad always ge...

I am so overjoyed to have the girls on school holidays, I could just do a happy dance right now!!! I love having them home around me (and being able to sleep in a little later!). It's been a big year with our sweet Angelee having completed her first grade in "big school" as well as our little bear really finding her feet in grade 5. Both my girls were premature at birth, so they have had to work extra hard in their schooling with extra OT and speech therapy lessons, so to read their reports yesterday has made this mommy's heart so proud of them. They don't have to earn top marks to impress me. It's their amazing attitude to be consistent in their hard work and positive attitudes that blesses me the most. Just seeing them find their feet and thrive in school is such a joy to my heart.  So we decided to kick off the first week of holidays with a lazy day at home. The girls were in their pj's till almost 12pm and then it was time for a little baking. We de...

I am 31 weeks preggy and in 7 more Fridays, our sweet Gabriel will be born! We could not be more excited!!!! I can't help but imagine what he is going to look like? Will he look a bit like his big brother or sisters? One thing is for sure ... this little one is STRONG and loves nothing better than to break some serious moves in his mommy's tummy. He is constantly stretching out and making his presence known. My whole bump changes shape constantly with his daily exercise routines :0) So much so that I catch people laughing at me watching from across the room! hee hee :) He is such a little entertainer already - constantly making his mom and dad giggle! Out of all 4 babies, I've never felt such strong moves! Someone recently wrote to me and shared that this is probably another one God's amazing ways to reassure my heart that this little boy is healthy and strong. Hubby joked the other day that maybe we should have named him Samson!!! But this little one is already living...