Life is good.
No, really. I’m not kidding. With all its challenges and frustrations,
it is good.
I’m not sure why I started with that thought
this morning. I sat down and put fingers
to the keyboard to start telling my story and that’s what came out.
We had dear friends from Colorado who came to
visit and spend the night at the Casa Lewis B&B last night before they head
back to the mountains today.
This young couple moved to Ft. Worth to begin
the seminary experience 10 years ago. They needed a place to serve and I needed
an Associate Pastor and the rest is history. Now pastor of a church in
Colorado, he is less colleague and more friend and younger brother. We converse frequently via phone, text, and email,
but this is the first in-person visit in awhile.
They have two precious little ones now, an energetic
3 year-old princess and a 6 month-old little man. It has been awhile since we had babies in our
house and it was a grand adventure. They
told us it was a warm-up for us to get ready for grand-kids (not that we are
currently expecting any … this is not an announcement). Nor is this a not-s0--subtle message to my married children. We are not ready until you are.
We really did have a great time and did lots
of baby holding and enjoying the kind of conversations one can only have with a
precocious 3 year-old. The shredded
cheese we served along with dinner was declared to be “tickle cheese”. ??? I’m
sure there’s a story there, but we never got it. However, there’s a good chance the moniker
may stick at our house.
This morning as they were packing to leave, I
held the baby and demonstrated that I haven’t lost my touch at helping put
little ones to sleep. Before the nap,
there was plenty of cooing and laughing and playing with my glasses. Since I didn’t wear glasses when mine were
little, trying to see through baby fingerprints is a new experience for me.
Have I mentioned that life is good? When I reflect on the lives that have crossed
my path, I can’t help but be thankful.
There is much wrong with this broken, fallen world. Shame on us when we can’t see what’s right
with it—things like “tickle cheese”, sippy cups, and baby fingerprints.
Philippians 4:4-7 says, “Rejoice in the Lord
always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all.
The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by
prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the
peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and
your minds in Christ Jesus.”
Our lives matter to God and He proves it all
the time if we will just pay attention.
We also had some familiar smells in the
house. I still remember how to change a
diaper, but I didn’t feel the need to prove it.
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