4 Son's Homestead

Why I love my Son’s

rymsmall — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:21:26 +0000

Its simple really.

1) They are mine!!

2)They are strong.

3) They love their momma.

4) They love each other.

5) We do men things together.

Being a Dad is awesome!!

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Deliverance

rymsmall — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:22:48 +0000

Over the holidays I took my family into the North Georgia mountains to visit Tallulah Gorge State Park. Really beautiful. Here are some pics and a fun fact.

Tallulah Gorge was chosen to film the 70’s classic staring Burt Reynolds, Deliverance. If you haven’t seen this movie, DON’T.

The Man Van Experience

rymsmall — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:15:45 +0000

I am a man and I drive a minivan. Whew, there it is. I have a friend that calls his minvan the “Money Van”. Minivan’s are funny things for men. I never had a reservation for driving one because with three kids and rising gas prices it makes the most sense. Some men refuse to give in, you’ll see them driving the big SUV’s you know, 4X4 off-road package, the ones that will NEVER go off road. If it was an option though, I would probably drive a one of these.

The van was a gift so naturally I was stoked to have it. Very soon I took the back seats out and started hauling things in it, sort of a work van. It wasn’t too long before my boys gave it a name, The Man Van.

Much better. I love the Man Van and so do my boys. We do manly things in the man van like drive to Home Depot and take trash to the recycling center. A few days ago my oldest (6) and I were coming home from HD and he asked me a question. It was totally God moving on his heart because I had been thinking about this for a few days. He asked me, “Daddy are you rich?”.

I had an answer immediately because for the last two days I had been praising God for making me a wealthy man!! I told him YES! I have everything I need and then some!

I raise my own support for the ministry we started a few years ago. We have had to learn how to really trust God in all areas especially financially. Last, year in particular, was very challenging for us as a family. Recently the Spirit of Christ started to minister to me in this area and I am SO encouraged to be where I am. This post is leading to a few more thoughts, I will have to expound later on trusting God, confidence in money, pursuing success, etc.

If you are in a bind financially or struggling to trust God remember these words.

My 4 Sons

rymsmall — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:34:45 +0000

I thought for my first post I would take a moment to introduce myself. My name is Jeremy Small I am 28 and the father of 4 boys. Well, #4 will be here in a few weeks but the growth on my wife’s belly is like having another kid so I’m justified, ok?

I enjoy being a Father. God uses my children everyday to speak to me in very profound ways and I intend to share some of that with you here. I am also a campus missionary to public high schools. We started our ministry in 2007 so we are still very green. I also intend to share the successes and failures with you here. Being married has its life lessons as well. As a matter of fact, my wife has taught me more about relationships than I can comprehend so expect some good stuff there.

JI Packer is going to kick off this blog with the best advice anyone could ever offer you:

“Once you become aware that the main business that you are here for is to know God, most of life’s problems fall into place of their own accord.”

Relational tension, rude drivers, low funds, loud neighbors, all of these fall into place on their own accord when we remember that we are citizens of heaven and that our goal is simply to know Him.