His sister was five……her sister was three…….he just turned
three…..she was only a few weeks old. A
family no longer together just before she was born dictated that her, her
sister and her mommy move to a new town. Mommy needed a job and found one
immediately at a beautiful little glass chapel. His daddy worked there and his
mommy became the baby sitter for her sister and her. At three years old, he was
intrigued by her and would peak into her crib and then dance around, hoping to
draw her attention. She would laugh at his silly antics. For almost a year, his
mommy looked after her and her sister, and his daddy often carried her around
on his shoulders while she laughed and held on.
Church on Sundays found them on the beautiful glass chapel
grounds. In children’s church, the older kids loved to play with the pots and
pans in the little kitchen. All of them loved to listen to the bible stories
her babysitter and some other workers read. Even she, as small as she was,
loved to sit on the babysitter’s lap while the stories were being read. She
loved the pretty pictures in the book. And, she laughed while the bigger kids
played all around her.
It was a big day! She
would be a year old in a week and her Mommy was getting married! His Mommy was
her Mommy’s bridesmaid and his daddy sang at the wedding there on the grounds
of the beautiful little glass chapel. Her Mommy, new Daddy, and her sister
moved to a town close by but they kept in touch with the little family that she
had grown to love.
When she was two and
he was five, his family moved away and the families kept in touch for a time.
Fast forward sixteen years. She had just graduated from high school……social
media was the going thing and there he was……that little boy all grown up. She
instantly knew him when she saw his picture. Keeping in touch was easy once
again with texting, phoning, and face timing. And, then they met…….face to
face………for the first time in all those years.
Fast forward four
more years, she is graduating from college this week; he is finishing college
in one year. This little boy, who was one of her very first friends, will
become her husband next week when his dad officiates at their ceremony at that
same beautiful little glass chapel from long ago. And now, after all these
years, these two families will be reunited and united.
There was that day
many years ago that was painful….painful for all involved. It was as though God
had closed the door to happiness......permanently. Yet, through the closing of
that door, another door was opened; a door that lead to relationships and
happiness that would never have happened otherwise.
Are there times in
your life when you feel all the doors to your happiness have been closed? You
feel God has turned His back on you and you have nowhere to turn? Remember
this; God has a plan. That plan may not reveal itself for weeks or months or
even years but His plan is always perfect; His timing is always perfect. Be
very careful not to step ahead of the One who created you; the One who knows
you so much better than you know yourself. But, look for that open door He
wants you to walk though.........thank Him.........walk through it and watch
the blessings He has for you.
"For I know the
plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm
you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11 NIV
I love you, dear Granddaughter.
I pray God’s blessings on you and the one He brought back into your life as you
are united as one for a lifetime before your family, your friends and most of
all, the God Who loves you both and has a plan for your lives together.
"We know that in
all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called
according to his purpose." Romans 8:28 NIV
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