#1748 – #1759 …
the first picking of string green beans
sitting with my first boy on the front porch, watching sheet lightening flash up the western sky
kids curled up in sleeping bags
my brother falling asleep on my couch
grinning teenage boys
girls in peter pan collars
s’mores
why the wild grace of two daughters and a recipe in the kitchen and us in three aprons?
the clink of pool balls and a cheering grandpa
sunflower bouquets from the garden for my sister
that because of Jesus… the hardest part really is over.
Waking up to a Monday midsummer, 2010, anno domini — the year of the Lord. So the hard part? It’s gotta be over — the life before Christ.
If you’ve made it to the Cross — then no matter what’s up ahead, the hardest part of life, it’s falling there back behind you… Whatever today holds — Jesus came. We’re living in the reign of Grace!
I can just see you now.
Taking a deep breath… and smiling the whole long day.
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Photos: a sign I found on a trail I was hiking… and oh, did I smile!
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