Happy Monday. “Precious mem’ries, how they linger, How they ever flood my soul;…” – lyrics from the hymn “Precious Memories” by John B. F. Wright
We are entering the holiday season. It is a time of remembering past celebrations and making new memories.
It was my delight to have such a time recently as family came to visit, including a two-year-old great grandson. What fun! There is proof in my house that Jayke was here—fingerprints where there have not been any for a long time! A special memory was made on a Saturday morning as three of my children, their spouses, and several grandchildren met for brunch and family time. Shopping, of course, was part of my daughters’ and granddaughters’ visit (females, you know)!
We spent a delightful day at the Dallas Arboretum. It is a beautifully manicured garden of acres and acres of different plants and flowers. During this season, they also had thousands of pumpkins in all colors and sizes. The splash of color was dazzling, and I certainly saw God’s fingerprints in the beauty of the day.
As we were about to leave the loveliness, my attention was drawn to an elderly couple pushing a wheelchair which carried an adult woman who appeared disabled. She was making distracting sounds and appeared to have tremors. I wondered to myself, “Is she their child? Has she been in this condition all of her life?” What I saw in the eyes of her parents was joy in helping her to live her life by allowing her to experience the beauty of creation as they lovingly called her “Honey.”
As I recall this special scene, I realize that it has made an indelible imprint on my life. Spiritually, I was disabled from birth, crippled by a “fall.” I am blessed with a Heavenly Father Who loves me unconditionally. He surrounds me with beauty and wants me to have an abundant life. As King David said, When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers…What is man, that thou art mindful of him? In spite of how undeserving I am, God’s fingerprints surround me.
My prayer has become, “Don’t let me miss it! Let me be always mindful of Him!”
“Great is Thy faithfulness! Great is Thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see;
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided—
Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!”
– Thomas O. Chisholm
Friend, please don’t miss it!
by Beverly Hyles
From the Mondays with Beverly blog. Reprinted with permission.
