Little Details

I took Mattie shopping today and I got a look into what I must have been like as a kid! We were walking by a rack of white capris on the way out of TJ Maxx. She stopped walking, looked at me, looked at the capris, looked back at me. She then concentrated on plucking off a small black thread that had somehow made its way onto the front of the capris. She smiled a HUGE smile as she proudly fingered and showed off her new treasure. I told her what a good job she did for pulling off the thread, but I then reminded her we had to go and pick up her sisters from art class. She looks from the thread, to the capris, to me and back to the thread. She then placed the thread back onto the capris (since hey we don't throw things on the ground!) and reached for my hand to leave. I got a chuckle out of the fact that she has such an eye for little details! Oh to find delight in our little black thread today!

When Did that Happen?

We went and had pictures taken today of the girls. I walked out of there in disbelief! I have 3 little girls! There's no baby living at my house anymore. Now, Mattie may think she's fooling us by not using her words, still walking around in diapers and well, she may still be SLIGHTLY bald!, but these pictures don't lie. She's a big girl on her way to doing big girl things.

Jesus Wept

It was almost fitting that as I drove into Boulder yesterday for the funeral it started to rain. The song on KLUV was "I Wish You Were Here". If ever there was a time when God spoke straight to the heart of sorrow - the time was yesterday. Thank you, God, for such an appropriate response to such a day. Brad was a servant, a leader, a man after God's own heart. He was funny, too. Tom (our pastor) reminded us of James 4:14 - You do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away. Brad spoke and lived God's Word. It's hard when men of God are taken earlier than we think they should be, but Jesus knows our pain and sorrow. He is no stranger to what we go through.
Please pray for traveling mercies on the Sherman family as they travel to Oklahoma for the burial.

Heaven is better than...

My dear sister in Christ, Loretta, lost her husband Brad yesterday. It was sudden and he was only 41. They have 2 boys, ages 8 & 11. The only thing she asks for is prayer. Please pray.
I've been searching my heart for the words to pray and so I've been thinking about Tracy. I've joked with him before - how I would be so mad at him if he ever died and left me alone. In reality, nothing shines on how I would really feel like having someone gone. Tracy's a pillar, he's my confident, my best friend, a hero, a co-conspirator, a real team player. He's kind, smart, funny, helpful and the girls love him with all their hearts, too. If God chose to take that away, there would be a HUGE void and I'm not sure I would be able to recover nicely. I now know what to pray when talking to Jesus about Loretta.
Today, I took the morning off from schedule planning, cleaning and working. I went for a walk to spend time with Mattie and enjoy this place God has me in right now. Things are sweeter this morning, I wasn't watching the clock like I had some place to be. I was thinking about how heaven is the greatest place ever (as my girls like to say). We play the game "Heaven is better than..." It's fun to hear what kids find so great in their life. Is Heaven really better than having all the princess stuff I want?
I want to be in Heaven, I want to be with Jesus, but I would rather Jesus come back and take us at the same time so we can stand there together at the gates and be in awe of the majesty and glory of it all. With tears in my eyes, I am grateful that my family is all here today. I mourn for Loretta and am trying hard to rejoice for Brad today, as he is face to face with His Savior saying, "Heaven is better than..."