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Renea

To my wonderful wife who God has so graciously tailored to meet my every need in a pressed down and truly overflowing method.

As I peeled apples in the kitchen last night, you blessed me by acknowledging how good it was to share time in the kitchen, and just be together.

I am "as snug as a bug in a rug." Sometimes I wish I could just stop the fleeting run away train of time and appreciate, smack on, cherish, savor, relish, fancy, admire & worship God over this small second in eternity. Time rushes on and so must we, leaving words unspoken, task uncompleted, thoughts unfathomed. This is why I wanted to write you this note.

If every material blessing, which is impossible to separate from the spiritual, were taken from us. If health, wealth and social standing were lost, it would be fine and dandy to start at rock bottom if you would start with me. True love is the absence of fear and I stand fearless ready for the future because God has placed me, as a steward over great treasure, in close relationship with you.

I am praying in the wee hours of this morning and I am challenged to show appreciation to God and to you. I am convicted because I am too blessed and contented with the overwhelming goodness of my situation. Thank you Renea, I love you. I put these thoughts into tangible words to keep me from taking these great blessings for granted.

Something is brewing in my spirit, a freshness, a new start. I see that every blessing that God gives us is a catalyst to keep us alive and active. The danger is that the blessing becomes the goal and end to itself rather then the means to greater achievement. It is like someone serving their appetite rather then using food as fuel for energy.

Get excited, keep your options open. I believe that the best is yet to come. I hope you feel the wonder of going into our fifties with all the wisdom of the aged and the trill of childhood.

I don't sense any kneel jerk reaction in our circumstances but we should stay open to bigger and better blessings from God.

Love

Just Yours

December 2, 1998