Three and Four More Sleeps

It's Tuesday, Dec 19th. Only three more sleeps before our daughter flies in from Halifax and four more sleeps until our eldest son flies in from Vancouver. Then, together with our middle child (the stay at home son), we will be together as a family once more.

It seems strange how quickly life stages pass you by. You are just barely used to the kids invading your otherwise self-determined lives when you have to get used to how to live with relative peace and quiet again - and looking forward to those times when the house is filled with laughter, and noise and activity.

Don't get me wrong. I do enjoy the fact that our kids are all grown up! I celebrate their move on to adulthood and all the experiences that we have (hopefully) prepared them to face. But there are times of longing for the times when I, as a dad, was depended upon for much more than what I am now... but that's life - I guess.

I wonder if God feels the same way when we get all "grown-up" and don't need to depend on him like we did when we were younger (or younger in the faith - before we figured it all out). I wonder if I will fill his "house" with joy and laughter this season only to fade away again into the quiet oblivion of mediocre faith - just getting by with what was good enough last year, in the new year.

I pray that I will press in more, pursue more of him, long to know him more - like a child longs for Christmas and a parent logs for the time when the family will be together again.

Only three and four more sleeps...........

First day on the Blog

Here I am sitting and listing to Tim playing piano through his headphones (mostly just clicks on the keys!) and setting up my first blog. In a day or two the new makeusholy website will be up and running so I wanted to get this blog in place so my website can link to it. Check it out at www.makeusholy.org.

Gareth