As I sit on a plane headed back to Houston I am looking at several pictures of our trip to visit youngest son Adam and daughter Kelley. I love to take photographs, hoping that out of ever 100, I'll have around five that are worth the cramping of my fingers and the gyrations I put myself and my subjects through. i just noticed that although my intentions were to get that "worthy-of-enlargement" shot, my favorite frames were of people, especially the two that mean so much to Roger and I. (though I also have several poses of our grand-dog Jaida, who is always in some kind of hilarious non-motion position).
What do I see in these photos, besides wonderful memories? The things that a Mother is well qualified to store in her heart for all the days to come...the love of our children for each other, the love they have for us, the excitement of adventure in new places (and the palette-pleasers in those places), careers that promise a future and deep friendships, a home that is warm and inviting, a church where worship of the Lord is our common ground...and did I mention the landscape??? God is here.
I Corinthians 13:4-7 teaches us that love is patient, kind, never envies, boasts, or is proud. It is not rude or self-seeking, not easily angered nor keeps record of wrongs. Love protects, trusts, always hopes, and perseveres. I have witnessed these Biblical truths in our children over our time together this week...bringing me a fresh perspective in the lives of Adam and Kelley. They are more than "in a good place"; they are exactly where God wants them to be...how great is that??? How hard it has been to live apart from them, yet joy abounds from the realization that miles are only miles. Our hearts (that are home to Lord Jesus) bind us closely, and eternally.
Conclusion? Go to Connecticut, see our children as often as we can and be grateful for and in awe of the work the Lord is doing in the lives of those we love...
Until we meet again...
thanks to our guest-blogger, Beth Ellis! we loved having you two here!
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