While the nearer waters roll

by chuckofish

How was your weekend? Mine was quiet, but there were donuts on my birthday.

It was good to be back in church after missing last weekend. We had a really good sermon from a guest preacher on John 21:1-17 and we started a new Sunday School class on stories as apologetics.

Daughter #1 returned from a quick trip to Florida and she hosted the family for my birthday on Sunday afternoon for happy hour and ice cream cake.

We walked to the neighborhood park where the twins frolicked and Mr. Smith kept watch.

He conked out early after his busy day…

…and so did I.

This is a good article about losing loved ones and having regrets, in which the author includes this wonderful quote from Jonathan Edwards:

In every heart in heaven, love dwells and reigns. The heart of God is the original seat or subject of love. Divine love is in him…from God, love flows out toward all the inhabitants of heaven…the angels and saints all love each other. All the members of the glorious society of heaven are sincerely united. There is not a single secret or open enemy among them all. Not a heart is there that is not full of love, and not a solitary inhabitant that is not beloved by all the others. And as all are lovely, so all see each other’s loveliness with full complacence and delight. Every soul goes out in love to every other; and among all the blessed inhabitants, love is mutual, and full, and eternal.

Enjoy your Monday!