A Mom Moment

This happened last Friday, but is too good to let go by without recording. Last Thursday night Caleb informs us that Friday is(was) Storybook Character day and that everyone was to dress as a storybook character. A little miffed that it is 8:30 p.m., I am trying to recall as many characters as possible. I vaguely remembered getting something in his folder a couple of days prior telling us of this special day. So at last moment, he decides to go as "Huck" Finn. Simple enough. So Friday I send my precious little Huck off to school...brown suede loafers with no socks, jeans cuffed up, a plaid shirt buttoned wrong, and of course, the straw hat. We were in a hurry that morning, (as always it seems) so I kissed him and practically pushed him out the door. Later that day Caleb comes home with his folder and a note from his teacher which simply reminds me that Character Day is Feb. 20th! :)

Poor Caleb. :) :)

God Speaks!

God is so awesome!!! I have just started the Beth Moore study, Esther. Tonight after church, I was doing the last day of the study (because we meet tomorrow morning), and my niece Shantel calls. Just calls...out of the blue. The phone is handed to me in the midst of me underlining a profound line in the study...a line that wasn't completed until after my phone call. Long story short, over the phone at 9:45 p.m., Shantel gave her heart to Christ. What a moment for the both of us...I have prayed for this for so long, and I long to see Shantel's true potential that only Christ can give! Things have been tough for her, mainly due to her bad choices, and to be quite honest, I wondered if God was still working with her or not. After the phone call, I realized that I needed to finish the day's lesson, no matter how excited I was. I needed to finish underlining the sentence I left in mid-stream. This is what was underlined before the phone interruption: "...train the eyes of your heart to see how an unseen God works in similar ways in your own life experiences and remind you that He is never more present..." After the phone call, the underlining is finished with "...than when He seems strangely absent." WOW! It blew my socks off! So, may this be a reminder to those of you who have prayed and prayed and prayed for loved ones...

...that God is never more present than when He seems strangley absent.

To God be the Glory!!!