I’m feeling sentimental this week. You see, tomorrow marks a special day in our family. Our first-born son arrived on Sunday, August the 14th in 1966. It was still the wee hours of the morning when I woke my hubby to say that the time had come. It was exciting. It was overwhelming. We knew absolutely nothing about caring for a baby. What an adventure it would be!

God was good. He took two naïve parents and one small infant, and molded us into a family. We didn’t always get it right, but He picked up the pieces and helped us on our journey.

Now, 59 years later, I am amazed at the wonderful man whom I am honored to call son. I’m proud of his accomplishments, fulfilled to watch him wisely raise his own family, and gratified to see the compassion that guides his decisions.

God has blessed us more than we could begin to imagine. Day by day, year by year, He has taken our weakness and ineptitude and strengthened us with His wisdom and love. There is no word for thank you that is strong enough to express the gratitude we feel.

His love has been unconditional every day! His love is still unconditional! Don’t ever underestimate the power of His unconditional love for You!

Judy

“But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit” Titus 3:4-5