We just returned from a weekend trip to Connecticut to see our daughther and her family! It was wonderful. The 10-hour trip home is always harder and longer than the trip to their house!
We arrived home at 6:30 PM, unpacked, settled in, and watched some television together. This morning, I slept in, so we woke up together and laid in bed talking for awhile.
I took the opportunity to pray with Debbie. Although this is not our usual pattern, it happens this way occasionally.
We thanked God for the safe trip. We thanked Him for each of our family members. We thanked God for Deb's sister, Janie, (and her husband, Peter) and how good God has been to their family [we had breakfast with them yesterday on our way home]. We prayed for their kids!
We prayed for Debbie's friend, Cindy. Also for Cindy's husband, Tom, who is fighting a brain tumor. We prayed for their kids in this hard time.
We prayed for Deb's Dad and Mom - that they might enjoy extended health. We also expressed our gratitude for the legacy of faith that they have initiated through the lives of their nine children!
We prayed for close friends who are on vacation - that God would protect them, rest them, and help them to enjoy their time away!
We thanked God for our health and our extended family, our friends, and the church families that have loved and cared for us through the years!
We prayed for people with chronic pain and for the depressed. We prayed for damaged relationships in marriages and families.
We prayed for the VISA administrators who are handing our applications to go to China! We thanked God for the opportunity that is arising before us to live on the other side of the world. We thanked Him for the friends that we are going to make there and asked Him to enable us to be effective for Him there. We expressed our desire to grow His Kingdom by our presence.
With each expression of prayer, I heard Debbie's quiet words of agreement! It was a wonderful way to start the day!
I love my God! I love my wife!
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