Tuesday August 27
"Make every
minute
count.”
Eph 5:16 CEV
How Quickly They
Grow!
Do you remember wishing your kids were grown? Suddenly
you’re amazed at how quickly it’s happening. The truth is, they’ll soon be
gone, leaving the place feeling deserted and quiet. Bob Benson puts it
poignantly: "I pass a lot of houses on my way home; some pretty, some
inviting. But my heart skips a beat when I see my house nestled against the
hill. I’m especially proud of the way it looks because I drew the plans myself.
It started out large enough for us. I even had a study, in which two teenage
boys now reside! It had a guest room, but my girl and nine dolls are permanent
guests there now. It had a room for Peg, who hoped to turn it into her sewing
room. But two boys swinging on the Dutch door have claimed that room. Right now
it appears I’m not much of an architect. But it’ll get larger again. One by one
they’ll go away to college, work, the service, their own homes. Then there’ll
be room: a guest room, a sewing room, a study, just for the two of us. But it
won’t be empty. Every corner, room, nick in the coffee table will be full of
memories. Memories of picnics, Christmases, birthdays, bedside vigils…going
barefoot, vacations, cats, dogs, black eyes…graduations, first dates,
arguments, ball games…and a thousand other things that fill the lives of those
who rear five kids. And Peg and I will sit quietly by the fire and listen to
the laughter in the walls.” Childhood and youth evaporate swiftly. So fill them
with loving, wonderful, sustaining memories. "Make every minute count.”
Taken from the Word for You Today devotional
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