Well Done

BIG DEEP BREATH! Hold that for a moment..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Okay, I can go on now.....today started with a bang. The phone rang off the wall. Lauri called that she was ready to make invitations for Kendra's baby shower at 8:00 a.m. The phone kept ringing. Slap the makeup on and run a brush through the unwashed hair. Yuk, you say. Well, yes, yuk, but for today, it has to be that way just to stay caught up with the world that spins around me. As I drove out of the garage, I heard the phone ring again. My thought was, "ring away, I'm out of here". I suppose I should check my messages. Later. Lauri and I worked on invitations until nearly nine o'clock when we dropped everything and went to pick up a friend who was accompanying us to Bible Study.
Bible Study ladies do an incredible job of providing breakfast for us each Wednesday morning. We enjoyed waffles, casseroles, fruit, and mocha drinks. Pretty awesome way to start our day together. Beth Moore was tremendous again today. Her message made me want to get on my knees and bow before the God of the universe. The truth I received today made my whole being feel like I'd been crying for an hour.
Back to Lauri's house to work on invitations. The end is in sight. Lauri had to go to work this afternoon so I stayed at her house and finished some of the steps in card making. We should have all of them out by tomorrow. There isn't anything either of us like more than a project such as this baby shower. It is right up our alley to hostess and to fuss with all the details. And fuss we do....sometimes to the demise of our schedules.

My dad and wife and my dad's siblings and spouses went to Grand Rapids today to bid farewell to their dying brother. My uncle is not doing well at all. My aunt told me last evening that she feels he has given up. He spoke of Hospice or home nursing care yesterday which makes all of us very sad. I am confident that if we spent one moment in eternity we would not be sad to see him receive his reward. Yet we are struggling to give him up. There isn't anyone else in the world that I admire more. His character is as close to the character of Christ that any I have witnessed. His love is without measure. The day he is no longer able to converse with me will be a sad day. My life is richer for being blessed with an uncle that is always totally involved emotionally in my life. There is no doubt that he loves me and I him. He is my Christian cheerleader, the mentor that I go to when questions troubled me. He stood by us with encouraging words as we welcomed four children into our home through adoption and all through the years of rearing them. He reminded me of God's promises when ever there was a job loss or illness. His influence in my life is invaluable and I thank God for giving him to me. "Okay, God, if it is time for you to take him home, I must release him to Your care. Thanks for the gift of his presence in my life. Make his transition as gentle as is his character. I know you will welcome him with the words, "Well done thou good and faithful servant, enter into my heaven."