For a Dear Friend

"I thank my God for you and for the gracious gifts He has given you, now that you belong to Christ Jesus."

-1 Corinthians 1:4

Thankful Because...

It's family, it's funny stories, it's games of high and low, it's great memories. It's where we play Uno, it's where we built our first gingerbread house, it's where Christmas loops are made every year and where we carve our Halloween pumpkin every October. It's a dance floor to a 3-year-old, it's where the crazy times of the game Pit ensue, it's a mystical fort for two little sisters, it's where you go with piles of books and homework. 
I'm thankful it's so much more than just the dinner table.

We Will Serve the Lord

"Then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord."

-Joshua 24:15

Servant-hearted

Make me a servant, humble and meek

Lord, let me lift up those we are weak

And may the prayer of my heart always be

Make me a servant today

I miss..

.. the coolness of the early morning

.. throwing on a tank-top and lacing up my nikes at my heart's desire

.. seeing the neighborhood at 7 a.m.

.. the pound that fills my ears because of my feet on the cement below

.. my early morning runs in the summertime

Winter is going to be far too long this year

Fading Fingerprints

Sometimes you get discouraged because I am so small

And always leave my fingerprints on furniture and walls

But every day I'm growing, I'll be all grown up someday

And all these tiny handprints will simply fade away

           -Unknown

Picked With Love

          

I am the lover's gift; I am the wedding wreath;

I am the memory of a moment of happiness;

I am the last gift of the living to the dead;

I am a part of joy and a part of sorrow.

            -Khalil Gibran, Song of the Flower

How Beautiful the Feet

"How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, "Your God reigns!"

 Isaiah 52:7