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A Love That Lasts a Lifetime

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holding handsTraveling always has its adventures, but also its treasures. When I was first heading out of Orlando my plane was stopped on the runway because there was a back up of planes in North Carolina (my layover). At first I was not worried, but when I realized we had been sitting there for almost 30 mins and my layover was only one hour.  I began praying frantically and  texting my Mom to begin praying.

We finally took off and I was trying to get comfortable. I pulled out my bible study bible because I have been preparing for a speaking engagement I have coming up. There was no one in the middle seat but sitting by me in the isle seat was a sweet older gentleman. He leaned over and said, “Are you a college student going to seminary?”

Ok my first thought was jumping out my seat to hug him for mistaking me as a college student, but I promise I was proper and told him no I was preparing for a speaking engagement.

People if you ever want to start a conversation about God, many times you don’t have to say anything, just pull out your bible. He shared with me about his churches (he is a snowbird and lives in two different parts of the US depending on the weather). He knew my home town so we chatted about where we attended and the various charity work he has been involved in. The sweetest thing happened (mind you he was traveling alone), he asked me if I wanted to see a picture of his wife. I replied, I would love to!

This 75 year old man pulled out his wallet and proceeded to share with me his beautiful, treasured wife. I heard his words while he was speaking, but in my mind God was blessing my heart to hear his story. Oh times were not always good he said, they raised their children, and he himself was from a family of 17! But now they are enjoying retirement and you could just see the love he had for his wife.

I arrived at my layover destination in North Carolina and had 10 mins to spare to get on my second flight, we said quick goodbyes and ran to our connecting flights.  I had 10 mins to make my plane, fortunately the gates were next to each other (praise Jesus).

I did not get much studying done during that flight, but I praise God I got my bible out and heard one of the sweetest stories of marriage.

More about my trip to come….

Are You Considered Young?

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While being on the subject of “acting old,” I better watch out or my boys will be selecting a home for me soon. My two older boys and I were on our way to Wednesday night church listening to the local Christian radio station. This particular radio station hosts a “Family Name Game.” If your child has the selected name of the day, then you can call up and brag on your child. This particular winner said her child was a “young man” of the age of 27.

My boys (both of them) blurted out, “that is not a YOUNG man.” They proceeded to inform me a young man is someone in their late teens. I was shocked by this sudden revelation and told them I was going to ask them when they are 27 if they are a “young” man. They continued to argue about the term “young man” being applied to a 27 year old. I then asked, “Well what do you think I am?” They wisely paused (knowing they could be entering dangerous waters) and then responded, “An adult.”

At least they did not say “MATURE adult.” But I quickly realized, I need to be careful; they may be selecting our “home” as soon as I reach the ripe age of 40 here in a few years.