Spiritual Thoughts

Friday Tale ~ Nothing Beats Family    I  stepped  into my hotel room to a pleasant surprise. Lots of room surrounded an inviting king-size bed, flanked by overstuffed armchairs that rested against sliding glass doors that opened onto a private patio. A small dining table sat next to a kitchenette with a separate sink, refrigerator and coffee machine. "Wow," I thought to myself. "Nice place."   I love hotels - from the Holiday Inn Express to the Ritz-Carlton and everything in between. I love to enter a clean room, hang my clothes and gaze out the window, walk out in the morning knowing that each afternoon when I return, someone else will have made the bed. I like in-room dining and the way they greet you so professionally. "Nice to have you with us again, Mr. Goldsborough." Very cool.   The problem is that unless Alison travels with me, I never sleep well in hotels. I miss my family. Even though Linus and Camille, at ages 4 and almost 2, find a way to inter...

  T he strength of a family,  like the strength of an army, is in its loyalty to each other. ~ Mario Puzo   H e who pursues righteousness and loyalty, finds life, righteousness and honor. ~ Proverbs 21:21

  C all it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one. ~ Jane Howard   F or every house [family] is built by someone, BUT the builder of all things is God. Christ was faithful as a Son over his house - whose house [family] we are, if we hold fast our confidence and   the boast of our hope firm until the end. ~ Hebrews 3:4, 6

T he best of all gifts for any time of year: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other. ~ Burton Hillis (adapted) M ay the Lord give you increase, you and your children!  Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward.  ~ Psalm 115:14; 127:3