Can’t seem to come up with much of a topic, just life and the way it turns, is all. We are enjoying a boom in GRANDchildren these days, with daughter and daughter in law both expecting in late Spring. The upset tummy time is almost over and we are looking toward Thanksgiving for round bellies and  freedom to eat as you please! Boy, what plans are being made!

We had our first family get-together in honor of Tiff’s Mom over the weekend. In and outlaws were in attendance, inckuding 3 young boys , a new puppy and Steeler football. The event could not have gone better. It felt a bit wierd bringing food to the dinner, and not actually having everyone come to our house, but Joe & Tiffany have a much bigger diningroom and we fit all together! We’re making new traditions, even while building a new(?) family. Tiffany’s Sister in law is also expecting, so next year , Christmas 2008, will bring 3 new GRANDkids to the tree of honor. I love the tradition of Christmas Eve begun over thirty years ago by Bruce’s parents. We can truly appreciate the fact that there really is a reason we celebrate The Season(Of Love)…watching the family growing and knowing that these kids are brought up in the Truth of the resurrection!

Good old You tube….a great way to spend 6 minutes…

http://www.mychurch.org/blog/30635/coolest-video-ever

I’m always posting thru a song, but that’s how I hear things. We ARE His, HE loves us, no matter where we find ourselves. He loves us even if we don’t, can’t, won’t love ourselves. He loves us, all of us, even the ones that make big mistakes, do cruel things  or stuff we don’t understand. He loves us through our unloving thought and judgementalism right to the place HE knows is always there. That kernel of Himself in all his ransomed OWN. So much does He love us, it’s important to know…”

Who Am I

by Casting Crowns

Who am I, that the Lord of all the earth

Would care to know my name

Would care to feel my hurt

Who am I, that the Bright and Morning Star

Would choose to light the way  F

or my ever wandering heart

Not because of who I am

But because of what You've done

Not because of what I've done

But because of who You are

I am Yours,  Whom shall I fear ? 

Whom shall I fear  'Cause I am Yours,  I am Yours!"

It’s important to me to tell you that I once was lost, but now I’m found, I once judged, but now I look beyond it all to The Light, that famous “little light” that’s inside me and inside you. We are, huMANity,  that little pearl of great price Jesus knew about that was worth His suffering, dying, experiencing HELL so we wouldn’t have to and rising again, paying the cost of us all to reconcile us to his Dad. Every soul is worth it. Can we look upon our fellows any less than Jesus does? Because of who I am and you are are HE proved to us to whom we belong, free and clear….