We appreciate so many that have prayed for baby John and his mom, Terri. On Monday Terri is coming to live with us a while. We are all excited that a mother and son are going to be together. We want Terri to see how her little baby has blessed so many people. Our church family, our neighbors, our school, and so many friends have lavished God’s love on this little boy. Oh if everyone could see that this extravagant love is what God is all about!
“How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called the children of God! And that is what we are!” I John 3:1
This time of year, I always remember the love that was lavished on our family in a time of need. On Thursday I go back to Emory to have the yearly barrage of tests. I have been in remission for three years, and though quite often I am reminded of the terminal nature of my type of cancer, I feel like the most blessed man on earth to have had this season of health. I feel I can encourage people without reservation to enjoy every day the Father gives us. He lavishes His love on us… so let us pass it on.
Thanks for your prayers.
“For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge – that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.” Ephesians 3:14-21