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November 30, 2012 · 10:34 am

Five Things Friday

1. I’m looking forward to my Saturday: brunch with sweet friends, followed by handmade Christmas shopping, followed by watching White Christmas (my most favourite Christmas movie of all time) for the first time this year.

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2. I’ve been struggling to get into the Christmas spirit, but a trip to the mall (of all places) this morning did it for me: eggnog lattes, cozy hat shopping for Adlai, and twinkly lights everywhere.  Now I’m ready to deck my halls.

3. I read this this week, and I found it so thought-provoking: On Israel, the Church, and the Politics of Jesus

4. God is so good to our family, and so faithful to His promises.  Namely this week?  This one:

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5. I’ve been thinking a lot about friendships: new ones and old ones, what they’re for, and how to do them well. I’m so thankful for friends who leave me feeling encouraged, challenged, and honoured…and sometimes honour looks a lot different than I expect it to.

Hope you all have a ridiculously good weekend!

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March 22, 2012 · 10:11 am

He sang this song first.

There’s a little song I sing to Adlai at bedtime, one I wrote just for him.

It’s nothing fancy, but it’s a song about the boy he is, and about the man I know he’ll grow up to be.

The last line goes like this:

“…you’re all I have wanted, my sweet little boy.”

And I sing it every night.

But last night I was singing it, and I thought, “You really are all I’ve wanted.”

And as I thought on that, I felt God say, “So are you.”

I’ve tried for a long time to understand what the Bible tells me – that God loves me like a child.

Like his own dear son.

And I don’t know if I ever could have understood it had I not held my own baby in my arms, and known that there is not one ounce of me that goes wanting – that needs him to be anything more than he is.

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