2 Corinthians 5:17New International Version (NIV)
17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come:] The old has gone, the new is here!
17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come:] The old has gone, the new is here!
Today is Tom's birthday! Sometimes I wonder if I love his birthday more than he does. After several decades of wedded bliss, I'm still not sure what his idea of perfect birthday is. (He just walked by and said, "I thought it was just another day," in his best Eeyore voice.) On his birthday, though, I get to do everything I can to make it more than 'just another day'. Today the kids are all coming for a barbecue. (Any time the kids are all home is my best day!) The menu is planned with his favorites, pork chops, corn on the cob, watermelon, zucchini bread and sour cream pound cake. His gift is nearly ready. (We saw a window frame with pictures in it in a gift store on vacation in Colorado, his favorite place in the world, last year. The frame has been in the garage for months, but it is now filled with Tom's favorite mountain pictures and just needs a little tweaking before it's ready to hang.)
I'd love to take credit for the huge grin on Tom's adult picture. Tom rations his big grins. This one he brought out in full force when he was holding our first and VERY tiny (less than 4 pounds) granddaughter for the first time. Isn't it a terrific picture! I need to print it for both of us to enjoy and remind us of that happy place (of the heart), kind of like the mountain pictures (his happy place of the mind).
Where's your happy place? What was your favorite birthday? What made it your favorite? What is the time, the place, the people? My prayer for you that as amazing as your favorite birthday was, one even better is just around the corner, waiting to surprise and bring you joy.
I'd love to take credit for the huge grin on Tom's adult picture. Tom rations his big grins. This one he brought out in full force when he was holding our first and VERY tiny (less than 4 pounds) granddaughter for the first time. Isn't it a terrific picture! I need to print it for both of us to enjoy and remind us of that happy place (of the heart), kind of like the mountain pictures (his happy place of the mind).
Where's your happy place? What was your favorite birthday? What made it your favorite? What is the time, the place, the people? My prayer for you that as amazing as your favorite birthday was, one even better is just around the corner, waiting to surprise and bring you joy.
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