This picture makes me feel happy every time I see it and remember what led up to it.
I had been anticipating Russ and Ray, my two oldest grandsons, for a visit. We had not seen them in a while, and I had wanted to do something different. The idea came to make our shower look like a rainforest, and they could bring their swimsuits and play in the shower. A few days later, after a quick shopping trip on Amazon, (an appropriate place to shop for rainforest accouterments, don’t you think?) inflatable monkeys, trees, and vines were delivered at my door.
Setting up was lots of fun, but in the end, the boys just wanted to play in the bathtub with the same bath toys their mom and aunties played with when they were little!
I have another memory, but for this one I have no photo. Bronwyn, my oldest granddaughter was visiting. Often when she comes, she immediately takes my hand, and leads me downstairs to where the toy closet is, and we play. This particular time I started singing, upon which she immediately climbed into my lap asking for a hug. We stayed that way for a long while, and then she said, “more inging”.(she has trouble with “s”) She likes to be cuddled and sung to, and so we sat quietly together, with a few more songs, and we were both peacefully content.
Anyone that has grand-kids knows what I mean when I say that these little people have simply stolen my heart. We love them, think about them, and prepare for their coming, don’t we? And then to have some quiet lap time together, with singing, well, that seems too good to be true. However when I push forward with these thoughts into the unseen realm, I see them clearly to be true. True for me as a child of God. I invite you to enjoy these verses with me; let them settle within, and you’ll be able to understand why these memories of times with my grandchildren have become “water2wine”.
“So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal”
“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.”
“The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms...”
“The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing..”