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That was what greeted me on our wedding website today.

One month and I will be remarried.  Seems surrealistic.  This past week I served on a committee with a widow whose husband passed away just in this past year.  Yesterday I was with a fellow the same age as I am (actually only one month between our ages) – his wife is in the final stages of cancer.  Both are struggling with issues that I have had to deal with this past year.

What is it like to live through this past year of widow(er)hood?  I didn’t know what was coming, nor do I still understand completely where things are headed.  I just know that I have a peace from God.  I have a sense of knowing that, as I am encouraged in my Bible study, I am headed in a proper direction.  I am thankful to all those who have come alongside to support me and congratulate me in my remarriage.  As my header on this blog says – daily life as life goes on . . .

30 days to go!  And life goes on!

Funny how, when you are given time and space to work on things, the little foxes gather.  They are the distractions that aren’t necessarily bad things, just distractions.

As we come close to our wedding date, I’m finding that distractions are also sometimes easier to do than the next thing on the list.

Put those two combinations together and this morning I’m sitting here with places to go and people to see and life to accomplish.

First on the list is a very mundane thing.  But something that has been sidelined for a day or so.

So, before I continue on with a lot of other things. . .

Off to water my plants!!

Today I received recognition for teaching Grade 5-7 youth.

Our Family Bible School is completed for this year.  I have been team teaching a group (mainly boys) with another man.  How unusual is that?  Men teaching children!

The pleasure was all mine.  As we went through the year I became convinced that these are the leaders of tomorrow – and they are leaders already in their own right amongst their peers. 

Of course, there were days where the boys were climbing on tables and raucous and a bit unruly.  Or the days when they were serious and taking in all sorts of new learnings.  Both days are days of enjoyment – although I’m not sure I have as much patience as I would like when their enthusiasm explodes.

Next year looks to be fun as well.  I want to take on the same group once again.  This time we will separate out the girls from the boys.  Which means more loud sessions together and great fun around the tables leading to learning that will help to shape young hearts after the heart of God. 

What a great opportunity.

This is a day which I will enjoy.

There are very few symbols in the Christian church as powerful as baptism.

There is water.  A person enters the water.  This is them.  As they are. 

Then they are placed below the water.  When they come up the symbolism is one of death to what was there previously.  Arising from the water shows a new life begun.  Arising from the water makes a statement of allegiance to Jesus.  Arising from the water is a public declaration of intent to follow hard after Jesus.

That is what I love!

And today I witness this once again.  Wish you could be here.  And those of you that are able to attend – enjoy with me!!