Yesterday I felt like myself again.  The first remarkable thing that happened was compiling that list of the Lord’s faithfulness to me.  I am going to make it a point to do that more often as it had a tremendous effect on me throughout the entire day to remember His great love for me.  It spans beyond the cross and reaches into the everyday living of this common life.   Referring to one of my lessons yesterday about “uncommon friends” – there is none more uncommon than the way Christ loved us.  In fact He loved us so much He elevated us beyond mere friendship to the status of “brother”.  Oh how I wish I could walk with that truth ever present in my mind as I live my life each day.  How it would change much of what I do, say and think!

                Yesterday after we attended the local co-op, the kids and I were in Walmart grabbing a few things we needed while we were “in town”.  I asked the kids if they thought they would enjoy having a certain family over one afternoon for lunch and a visit.  They all said yes, but the Kullen added, “Let’s ask them over tonight for dinner!”  After calling Travis and making sure he was up to it, I called and invited them and they said “YES!”  They came over and we had a nice dinner and great conversation.  The kids all enjoyed themselves, and we had some real discussion.   It was such a fun time.  It reminded me of some of the first times getting together with some of my dearest friends.  We were thankful to have fellowship with another Homeschool family.   It is very rare, seemingly almost non-existent in this area to find other families that Homeschool and share similar family values and reasons for homeschooling.    It was a great night – and we hated for it to end!

This morning I got an email with a testimony from friend.  I wanted to share it because I thought it might touch your heart like it did mine.  I hope that I am not sharing out of turn, but this was amazingly profound   I have a precious friend who was  the very proud parent of a spunky little dog.   We all loved his little dog who was a BIG part of his family.  Yesterday my friend had to make the decision to have the dog put down for reasons I am not aware of at the moment.  When I emailed him to tell him how sorry I was, he said this……”for the hour after I made the decision I was a basket case, in the midst of it I got a microscopic glimpse of how God's heart breaks for us and I can't begin to imagine how horrible it was for him to watch his son die for filthy me.  I thanked him for that glimpse and for his grace.”    What a testimony, and a reminder that He is revealing Himself in everything that happens, if we will just open our eyes to see!

Love and blessings! ~ ? Julie ? ~

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