Today little Tyler is two months old! I thought it would be fun to see what Bobby and my baby pictures looked like compared to Tyler’s, so thanks to our mom’s for providing these. It’s so strange to think that Bobby and I were so tiny, like Tyler is and that he will grow to be our age someday. I laugh at my picture because I’m over my mom’s shoulder which seems like a funny thought now! Parents always say, “It goes by so fast!” but when you are the child it seems like you can’t grow-up fast enough. Tyler has changed so much since he was a newborn, I can see what they mean. Bobby and I are savoring every day with this sweet little guy so that we can enjoy it even though it will probably fly by.

I don’t have any two-month stats yet because we don’t take Tyler to the doctor for a checkup until Wednesday, but I’ll try to recap some “firsts” he’s done at this point. At two months old, Tyler has–been to the snow, on an airplane and had a haircut (I trimmed the hair around his neck). I wish “sleeps through the night” was in that list, but we’re working on it! He also does much more baby talk and laughs a lot now. It’s been a wonderful two months and we’re just having a blast!

I’m reading Sinclair Ferguson’s book “A Heart for God” and what I read today cut straight to my heart with conviction. He writes about how the most important thing for every Christian is to know God. Jeremiah 24:7 says, “I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the Lord.” So we know that a Christian has the ability to know God because he’s been given a new heart. John 17:3 says, “Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.” Christ came to bring us knowledge of God. What an awesome reality!
I was sobered when I read his thoughts about Jeremiah 9:23-24
“Let not the wise man boast of his wisdom or the
strong man boast of his strength or the rich man
boast of his riches, but let him who boasts, boast
about this: that he understands and knows Me,
that I am the Lord who exercises kindness, justice
and righteousness on the earth, for in these I delight.”

Ferguson says,
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“Life is only worth boasting about if at its centre is the
knowledge of God, controlling all our aspirations. That
is something to boast about. What do you and I boast about?
What subject of conversation most arouses us and fills our
hearts? Do we consider knowing God to be the greatest
treasure in the world, and by far our greatest privilege?

How sensitive are you to this issue? Knowing God is your
single greatest privilege as a Christian, and the one that
sensitises you to every other issue of importance. But is
this the issue that lies at the centre of your thinking?
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I was convicted by his statement that knowing God is a privilege and the only thing of worth. Sometimes I might even act like it’s a burden to find Him in His Word and spend time with Him in prayer. How dare we ever think that there is anything else more worthy in life. If my life is not fixed constantly on Him at the center, I am not clear on what other things matter, even though we may think we have everything under control like family, school, jobs and relationships. In reality, everything else is out of focus until Christ is the only thing on which I set my eyes.
Day by day, dear Lord, of these three things I pray:
To see Thee more clearly
To love Thee more dearly
To follow Thee more nearly.
-Richard of Chinchester