Today was a very, very hard day for us. We said good-bye to dear friends that are leaving our church. Their farewell party was sad and beautiful, and very inspiring. Between the tears and my lack of sleep this week, Andy agreed that I should come home and sleep. I took a four hour nap(I only slept three hours last night), which fast forwarded the day from lunch to dinner!
We ordered pizza tonight. Our family time together was such a blessing. We have allowed the boys to stay up an extra hour late on Sunday nights to watch The Amazing Race* with us. Tonight was the finale. We had a party of sorts, and sat on a blanket in the family room with cookies. We have enjoyed travelling all over the world with the boys this fall, through the aid of this show. We were excited that the race ended in Portland, Oregon because Oregon is on our "must see with the kids" list of places to go before they are grown.
After "the race", we lit our second advent candle. We talked about a parent's love for his child and the even greater love the Father has for us. I am hoping we all go to bed tonight basking in the great miracle of being bought by the blood of the Lamb- the very Son of God.I John 4:9
"This is how God showed His love among us: He sent His one and only Son into the world that we might live through Him."
2 comments:
So glad that you were able to get a good rest today, but so sorry to hear that your friend is leaving the church. (I'm so curious if we would know them)
I've been loving your sweet celebrations of the true meaning of Christmas! :)
Keep up the awesome work, dear friend!
Cute pict of the kids and what a great verse! That we might live through Him- yes, that's what I needed to hear today. Thanks!
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