Candles On My Table: We'll miss our three little people...

Candles on My Table

As our family gathers around the Christmas table each year, there is a crystal candlestick for each family member....each unique....each with its own charm and character....each casting light far beyond the table.

Each candlestick has been etched and shaped by the heat and skill of its craftsman. Likewise, each member of our family has been intricately designed and fashioned by the intentional hand and heart of our Creator. Each life gives off a glow that illuminates our world. Each glow magnifies facets in the prisms of each other as it shines.

As each of our children has chosen a spouse, and as each new life has grown our circle, the collection of crystal candlesticks grows, the glow expands, and more of the world is brightened. The light we each offer is unique. The combined glow of our family is one.

Matthew 5:15 says: "Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl, Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone..." We trust God to take our lights (both individually and as a family) and let them be as vs. 14 says: ...a light of the world. As a city on a hill can not be hidden, may our family's light not be hidden.

Sunday, June 7, 2009

We'll miss our three little people...

Today we have had the fun of alone time with all three of our grandchildren, exchanging snuggles before we leave. We will try to connect via Skype while we are gone, but we will still miss those running feet with outstretched arms and yelling voices when we are seen after church: "Graaaama....Graaaampa...."

Caroline will turn 7 in September,

Doster will turn 4 in July, and

Mary Anna is 11 weeks old.

We've enjoyed the day of snuggles today!

We love you!

Candles On My Table