In Christ Alone our Hope is Found

While in PEI, there was a couple camping beside us. I was talking with them on Sunday afternoon and they knew that we went to church and that Ken was preaching out there. Our conversation moved to the spiritual. They are catholic. Church for them had become routine and didn't mean anything anymore, so they quit going. They said that they have their own kind of spirituality from home. In the last year, their daughter joined a church. She loved it so much that she got a job transfer and moved to be closer to the church. They couldn't understand that she had found a community to be part of that was so important to her that she uprooted. I explained that church people aren't just a community, they are family. They walk with you in the joy and sorrow. They laugh and cry. They rejoice and grieve. They serve you (and you serve them) spiritually, emotionally and physically. The Lord  uses pastors, elders, deacons and people in the pews as mighty instruments in our lives. They a

I have been appreciating the little things lately. So I made a list. Some things I love and others I loooooove. It would be fun to see other people's lists because it tells a lot about a person. After I wrote this list, I wanted to have a picture for each thing. But who has time for that! haha. (: Here is my top 40 in no specific order.  Siah's face after a great baseball game Ken's hands Tessa's - I love you and a kiss to whatever body part is closest the OCEAN -the smell, the sound and the rhythm of the tide.  walking through leaves in sandals fancy coffee at home  birkenstocks a tidy bedroom dimples the smell of fall and the hope of spring strawberries wide open sky a good podcast around the fire during Pennings family camping quiet Tessa laying back to back with me when she crawls into my bed air conditioning Costco pencils/pens clouds flowers a sunny, breezy, 22 degree day music comfortable/old friends the fact that God loves and saved me