Our third son, who has been taken ill quite suddenly and hospitalized for the past three weeks, has come home to stay. And, we all rejoice and pray for his continued recovery.
Our fourth and youngest son is home for a visit from Vancouver where he lives because he was concerned about his brother's health. He is in time for his second brother's birthday, a one-month-delayed birthday for his third brother, and a family reunion Thanksgiving.
It had delighted my heart when the six of us, like many years before, sat in the living room fighting to get a word in edge-wise, while shooting pellets or elastics at each other at the same time. Happy cacophony!
The joy I am feeling is just a drop of rain in the vast and deep Atlantic of the heart of Father God when His one-and-only Son ascended to Heaven and was reunited with Him in His throne room, celebrating Paradise regained.
Dear Father, thank you for allowing me to enjoy a mirrored image, though through a glass dimly, of Your joy as Christ accomplished what You have sent Him to do and returned home to be with You, a forever family reunion.
Thanks. This is sufficient cause for Thanksgiving, indeed.
