I flung the dogwood vintage tablecloth
on the table and moved aside
the booster seat and the dinosaurs.
Lovely reminders of a hectic
and fun couple of weeks with the grands.
Thinking I just needed a bit of pink.
I had set aside this time for gathering
with two heart-friends.
One walked through the door
with a hand-picked bouquet
from her garden.
Daffodils brimming over the edges
spilling onto pink rhododendrons.
We flitted across happenings and life
and children and grands and hopes and dreams.
And Challenges.
Wondering how we figure out
the next right thing in life.
Cleaning out and downsizing
and abundance and blessing.
Sharing stories over a gathered lunch
spread out on old dishes from the stack.
The melding of years of friendship
and life directions and love and loss.
United in the richness of the stories
of our visual faith explorations.
how we have been changed
Wondering what the Lord is up to next...
How do we see others?
How do we live as the bridges
between those with and those in need?
Those who know Jesus and those who don't...
Because we are loved..
because He first loved us.
Yellow doesn't become brilliant
until you add in the pink.
That might be outside
my comfort zone.
When we walk singly-
life roads are a bit daunting.
When jumbled up together in the mess-
it becomes something beautiful.
Trusting as we
do the next right thing.
(Valerie Weiner art cards)
So a deep breath time today-
to rest- because I am loved.
The undeserved, unearned,
grace-filled love of Jesus-
and friends to share it with...
Who might YOU gift
with that blessing?
We love because he first loved us.
1John 4:19
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