Today I had lunch with Joshua. I have marked two big things off my list of things to do before Israel. I needed to have lunch with Jen, and with Joshua. I know, it's not like we'll never have lunch again! It was just important to me, I wanted that alone time with each of them. I have to say that in the business of my schedule right now, somehow, my mother's heart is at peace. All is well, and in those moments when I allow myself to not think about the to do list, I am in constant praise. God has been so good. He's made a way where there seemed there was none. Faithful. He has been faithful. The journey has brought us to the place where we will have the honor of seeing these two lives become one, and watching the two go on from here. Wow. I could never have dreamed the thoughts and feelings that I would have at this point. In a few short days we will be sitting at a wedding! Amazing thought! God. Simply God. I just know that when I looked into those beautiful blue eyes today, I saw a young man that I cannot take any credit for. We gave Him to Jesus 22 years ago, and we have depended on Him through it all. He has created a masterpiece.
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As I read this I was reminded of the day I heard your voice coming out of my purse saying, "Hello, hello". We had stopped in Gainesville for coffee and a bathroom break on our way to Kentucky. The redial button on my phone called you as it bounced arond in my purse. I started praying for him in that McDonalds and continued all the way up I75. I am so glad God protected him and kept you from finding and killing him that morning :)but most of all I praise God for another miracle! Josh has known Jesus most of his life and I am so proud of who he has become.
Yes, I won't ever forget that morning either. THAT in itself was a miracle. I needed you real bad and it was GOD that pushed that redial button. It was probably your prayers that kept me from finding him, because if I had, surely he would not be here today! We are all proud of what God has done and who Joshua has become!
How exciting and encouraging!! You have done well and your children are amazing! We pray continually for our kids and hope that God will bless them in their lives as well. Katheryn asked Jesus into her heart back in January and it was the most precious moment of our parenting life yet! One down...three to go!!!
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