Ruthie's Birth Story

Dear Ruthie,

As your first birthday quickly approaches, I can't help but look back over the last year with much gratitude and amazement at how much our hearts were expanded upon your arrival into this world!

Daddy and I found out we were expecting you during our fourth anniversary trip to Tampa, Florida. When I was 17 weeks along, we found out you were a girl! I knew the second your gender was revealed that you were meant to be our little Ruthie Gail Wingo. Your Gi Gi was so excited to be your namesake.

"Feasting on Folly"

"The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feast on folly." Proverbs 15:14

Dear Daughters,

The latter part of Matthew 12:34 has often caused me to cringe at the thought of seeing, or hearing rather, the contents of my own heart. According to scripture, "out of the fullness of the heart, the mouth speaks." 

When we harshly criticize others, whether it be in our marriage or other relationships, when we make snide comments or rude remarks under the guise of "sarcasm," when we purposefully defame another person's reputation in order to make ourselves look better, when we use foul language or inappropriate jokes to seem cool and down to earth, it all points to the same place…a heart issue.