In the past few days I realized that the world stops when you or your loved ones get sick.  Since Thursday, I had to stay with my family in the clinic they were confined to for treatment of pneumonia.  My routine with be to look at the time and see if it was time for their medication.  ( I wish had a J12 watch !) I would then prepare the meds and give it to them.  Other tasks would be to help the kids urinate or spit our their phlegm.  We would also have our time of prayer, the main theme was recovery and provision.  This was a time of redirection and refocusing of our lives toward what really counts.  Everyday we do a lot of things but are they really important? I thank God that my wife and kids are now out of the clinic and on their way to recovery. But I am grateful that this experience has brought us a step higher in our relationship with God and closer towards what are purpose is for our generation.

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In this day and age when life runs so fast, the day ends with you de-humanized.  You lose the awe of encountering  ordinary wonderful things around you. The worries of life fill your mind. How do I pay my bills? When do I get a raise? Do I need to order Phentermine or enroll in a gym? We need to muster a conscious effort to stop and muse at what surrounds us? We need to allow joy to well up and make us smile.

God encounters…a special time with Tes…Goofing with my son or daughter…  Glancing through special memories in albums and scrapbooks…  Reading journal entries and love letters…Watching inspiring movies…Looking at wonderful things in nature…These are the flood gates that let my joy well up.  Memories like these are stuff life is made of.