God is Purposeful

Above my computer are old framed photographs - one is of my Dad and his brother (my Uncle Norman), which was taken in 1916, when Dad was six and Uncle Norman was one.  It's a precious picture at the start of their lives - such a treat to imagine their childhoods - almost 100 years ago.  One boy is in a high-collared starched shirt and tie, and one in what could be a christening gown.

Dad's been with the Lord since 1980, and Uncle Norman went to be with the Lord in the last 10 years.  Remembering them fills my mind with sweet thoughts of kind and gentle men. 

And here on February 1, 2011 on this early morning, after reading the first of our "read through the Bible" year's program, I sit in this quiet home.  A cup of fresh, hot coffee.  Looking at this old photo of my Dad and Uncle Norman --- imagining their lives as they grew.  Thinking about my four-year-old twins asleep in their beds.  My twins - by adoption - by God's plan.

God was there then - with those little boys in the photograph (Dad and Uncle Norman), at the beginning of their lives in 1916.  God is here now - almost 100 years later, as other little ones (Annah and Vivie) sleep soundly before their day begins.

"A Father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in His holy habitation. God sets the solitary in families." Psalm 68-5-6a

God is purposeful,
Susie