Our Five-Year-Old Nehemiah

Our precious Nehemiah is five years old today! So much has happened in his short life and we are so blessed to have this spunky little boy in our family.

Nehemiah loves to laugh and loves to live. He is small in stature but he has a huge personality. His imagination runs wild and he comes up with the best stories. His on going story is "Big Hero Pirates" and he instructs his siblings on how to play the story. Nehemiah also loves to be outside, but not by himself. He could run around in the yard for hours. Nothing outside gets to him. He loves his siblings and wants someone to be with him while he plays. He loves to be active.

Nehemiah also loves to learn. He's done an amazing job this year learning how to read and do basic math. He loves to get his books and and work on his phonics and numbers. He also enjoys learning science and discovering how things work. But as stated before, he loves creating stories and telling stories. He is so much fun. It's a blessing to watch him learn.

Recently, Nehemiah has been growing in learning the Bible as well. He does an amazing job with catechism and Scripture memory. He enjoys drawing pictures of God, Jesus and other stories that we talk about in the Bible. So thankful for how God is giving Nehemiah a love for His Word. He also is growing in prayer and says he wants to believe. How we pray God will grow the seeds into flowering plants!

If Nehemiah is not outside or doing book work, he enjoys watching educational shows, watching movies with the family or playing games/doing puzzles. He has gotten very good at doing puzzles and can put some difficult ones together pretty quickly. He really just enjoys being with the family and doing things together.

Nehemiah is a lot of fun! He adds so much life to our family. We are so thankful for this little boy and that we get to raise him for the LORD.

Father, Thank You for the gift of Nehemiah. You have given him such a zeal for life. I pray that You will save him by Your grace and give him a deep zeal for life with You. Thank You for giving him the desire to want to believe. Reveal the depths of his sin to him and lead him to repentance and faith. Thank You that you are working on him. Continue to give him a love of learning and a love for life. Please, give him a deep love for You above all else. In Jesus Name, Amen!