{"id":379,"date":"2010-03-27T21:29:20","date_gmt":"2010-03-28T02:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.timfalk.com\/blog\/?p=379"},"modified":"2010-03-27T21:30:10","modified_gmt":"2010-03-28T02:30:10","slug":"rachel-turns-three","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.timfalk.com\/blog\/archives\/379","title":{"rendered":"Rachel Turns Three"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Had a great time with extended family celebrating Rachel’s third birthday today. I can remember when Naomi turned three, and I thought she was becoming a “big girl.” Is she really turning seven<\/em> this year? I’m very grateful to have such a wonderful family. The best wife and the two most delightful children in the world. No matter what life throws our way, it is always good to have days that remind you of the most important things.<\/p>\n

As important as my family is, they must be second-place to God. I’ve been reminded recently that we are not guaranteed to always have our families with us, as difficult as that scenario may sound. While today was a great day indeed, I remind myself that even if I didn’t have my family, I would still have Jesus.<\/p>\n

\"\"This is something I am always learning. Could I find joy if I lost everything but Christ? I try to avoid considering that reality, for fear that I might just have to face such a drastic loss at some point. I think about people around the world and throughout history who were separated from their family through persecution because of the cause of Christ. How did they manage sitting in a jail cell all alone for the remainder of their life? Did the rest of the family still cling to Christ after they watched their father\/husband burned to death in front of their eyes? How? I realize how weak my faith is in comparison.<\/p>\n

I’m proud of who Rachel is becoming, even though the things she thinks make her such a “big girl” at three years old make me chuckle inside. It really isn’t about what she can do now, but simply that she’s my daughter. Sometimes, I think I’m becoming a “big boy” for how I’ve grown in my faith, although I’m probably just turning three. Even though I’m reminded that I don’t yet have the faith or maturity of those who have gone before me (key word: yet), perhaps God sees me the same way I see my big girl.<\/p>\n

Happy Birthday, “Miss Suck-A-Thumb”!<\/p>\n

Love,
\n“Chief Daddy”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Had a great time with extended family celebrating Rachel’s third birthday today. I can remember when Naomi turned three, and I thought she was becoming a “big girl.” Is she really turning seven this year? I’m very grateful to have such a wonderful family. The best wife and the two most delightful children in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-god","category-my-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.timfalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.timfalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.timfalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.timfalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.timfalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=379"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.timfalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":389,"href":"https:\/\/www.timfalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379\/revisions\/389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.timfalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.timfalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.timfalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}