I first picked this book up in the 1990's at a women's conference in Salem, OR. We were living in Oregon partly to take care of my ailing mother in law after the death of my father in law. We had a preschooler to teenagers in the home as well. So many ages represented in our household at the time...this book seemed to represent us in many ways...
My husband's parents were the same age as my grandparents...and at the time my parents were taking care on my ailing grandmother as well. There was so much happening with all the generations from preschool, middle school drama, high school drama/college choices, middle age, retirement, ailing parents...it was like a whirlwind of emotions, care, concerns, phone calls in the night....
The book was a quiet reminder to take time at each age juncture for one another...it is a tear jerker for sure...
Now I look at it, 20 plus years later, all the parents have passed on as well as my husband...the teens have teens of their own, the preschooler has a house full of children as well...the middle schooler has a successful career/life...different drama going on...each are working of taking time with their loved ones just as we did...time marches on so relentlessly...forever stretches out ahead...
I am so blessed that God is in the forever... He was there through all the phases of life, the births, the growth, the deaths and continues to hold us with His loving hands...He loves us forever....thank YOU...
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Psalm 136:1-9, 23-26 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good. His love endures forever.
Give thanks to the God of gods. His love endures forever.
Give thanks to the Lord of lords: His love endures forever.
to him who alone does great wonders, His love endures forever.
who by his understanding made the heavens, His love endures forever.
who spread out the earth upon the waters, His love endures forever.
who made the great lights—His love endures forever.
the sun to govern the day, His love endures forever.
the moon and stars to govern the night; His love endures forever.
He remembered us in our low estate, His love endures forever.
and freed us from our enemies. His love endures forever.
He gives food to every creature. His love endures forever.
Give thanks to the God of heaven. His love endures forever.
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