Christian Devotionals and Scripture Applied to Everyday Life

I want you to know how much I love you. I really enjoy watching your silly antics and how you roll around with each other in one big fur ball. I enjoy watching you pounce on a bug and rustle under the hosta plants. I love to hold you on my lap and listen to you purr.

You won't believe what we sold at yesterday's auction! I walked into the barn where the sale was being held and lying on the floor were flats and flats of salt and pepper shakers. There were hundreds of different shapes, from a pair of chickens, to geese, to giraffes. You name it, it was probably there sporting holes in the top to supply bland food with a flavorful zing.All the shakers were acquired by the same person who had collected them over the years. The purpose for these cute and crazy utensils is to dispense a common but useful seasoning for all sorts of fare. But the problem is that with this many in one home they were all relegated to a useless existence in a huge china cabinet.

I chuckled as I watched the little balls of fur roll around on the concrete patio. One second they were a blur of yellow, black & white wrestling with passion and the next second the yellow was pouncing through the air trying to catch a fly while the black, brown & white was burrowing beneath the hostas along the porch.

This past weekend was a busy one. We went to numerous graduation parties, attended a graduation ceremony, and hosted a party for John-Keith. It was exciting and nostalgic to look back at all the photos showing the progression of maturity over the years. For this mama it was also a little disconcerting to think of how the years have passed so quickly. It seems like only yesterday I was bringing home a sweet bundle of good-natured joy. Now my third child, along with all his friends and classmates, have roamed the halls of our town's school for the last time - on to bigger and better things!

Everyone is longing for a satisfying relationship that will meet the deepest emotional needs.  We were created with this burning desire deep inside and will never be complete until it is met. So often we try to fill this void by searching for the "right" person who will love us and make us feel good and whole.  We burn ourselves out running from one person to the next, always being disappointed that we can not find the perfect match for us.  Even if we have found "Mr. or Mrs. Right," when we expect them to fulfill our every desire for deep relationship we will ultimately be disappointed and frustrated.

At the end of every school year there are awards ceremonies to attend. I can remember how exciting it was to sit in the audience wondering whether my name would be called to walk to the front and accept a reward for my hard work.