Anna's baby dedication

We were able to have a baby dedication for Anna at the end of August while my parents were out.  We had our close friends and family come to church that Sunday to be support for us.  We are so thankful to our Lord for how He has provided for our family, especially our three girls.  Our desire is to raise our children in a way honoring to Him, and we dedicate ourselves as parents before the Lord.

Its also a bit of a release of control for us as parents.  It is so easy to try to do it on our own strength and control the on-goings of our children, but to realize that we do not have control and trust our daughters into the Lord's hand is extremely refreshing. 

We chose a scripture passage for Anna.  Philippians 1:9-11 "And this is my prayer: that your love may about more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ - to the glory and praise of God.

We desire that Anna love Jesus and lean on Christ as she grows, and to live a life that is pleasing to God.  We hope to help Anna learn about Jesus and his gift of salvation.  With God's strength we desire to raise our beautiful daughter.