Knee Deep in the Hooah!

I was blessed with a morning kiss, flowers and a happy mother’s day wish from my 18-year old son.

I was blessed with flowers, cards and lots of kisses and hugs from my husband and my little 4-year old girl.

I was blessed to get a wonderful phone call wishing me a happy day and a nice long chat with my oldest son.

I was blessed to have a wonderful day of Worship, a blessed Sabbath, a time of fellowship and food with family and dearly loved friends.

I was blessed to remember that prodigals do not always stay lost. Sometimes they find their way home again. It’s the time from that initial estrangement, that excommunication, until they show up at the front door asking for forgiveness that feels like a lifetime.

Matthew 15:8-10
The Lost Coin
8″Or what woman, if she has ten silver coins and loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it? 9″When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin which I had lost!’ 10″In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling,
Calling for you and for me;
See, on the portals he’s waiting and watching,
Watching for you and for me.

Come home, come home,
Ye who are weary, come home;
Earnestly, tenderly Jesus is calling,
Calling, O sinner, come home.

Why should we tarry when Jesus is pleading,
Pleading for you and for me?
Why should we linger and heed not his mercies,
Mercies for you and for me?

Time is now fleeting, the moments are passing,
Passing from you and from me;
Shadows are gathering, deathbeds are coming,
Coming for you and for me.

Oh! for the wonderful love he has promised
Promised for you and for me;
Though we have sinned, he has mercy and pardon,
Pardon for you and for me.