Friday, July 16, 2010

riches

I was thinking this morning on my favorite walk down to the "spit" (a beautiful walk along the Bay where you can see Alcatraz, the city, and Sausalito) what riches our children are inheriting. Not a home with a view, or land, or a car but some priceless examples.

This week my dad and mom have been teaching a girls club at VBS at their Church.
Josh's dad is at camp counseling young boys and two of our nephews are there too. And Josh's mom is faithfully working for PRC counseling young pregnant mothers.

What a gold mine to have all of our kids' grandparents spending their retirement days adding to God's family!
Josh and I pray that our children's bling bling will be for the cross of Christ and the rich love of God!
I love these verses in Isaiah 55 claiming God's richness.
"Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price...Seek the LORD while He may be found...as the heavens are higher than the earth so My ways higher than your ways."
Well, thanks dads and moms for being great examples!
I hope they see Christ even through the reality of Josh and my squabbles and our everyday attitude struggles:)

Making playdough
M
Simeon being Simeon
Josh and Hallel relaxing after a long day(they even say "ahhhh" together)


5 comments:

  1. Hey Josh and Stacy...i saw your comment on matt and sharon's blog and found yours! fun! i didn't know you had one! now i can see what's up now and then...including seeing your KIDS!!! wow, how did they get so old already?!

    we finally got to visit sanfran a while back and hope to come more often. we'd love to see you guys sometime. MUCH LOVE to you all

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  2. I love this post Stacy...all of it!

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  3. such a good post. thank you for the reminder. p.s. the picture of josh and hallel relaxing is so cute and i love yours and hallel's aprons!! did your sis make them?

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  4. I love the aprons too!!! Mom Mathews made my apron-i love the retro pattern. And Hallel's is from the Mathews clan when they went to Amish country last fall. Isn't that sweet!

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  5. Hallel's is from an Amish shop in Bird-In-Hand, PA, bought on our trip last summer.

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