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This week’s FMF writing prompt is: LEFT
Starting my timer for five minutes, and . . . GO.Â
We were very spoiled over Thanksgiving, as my daughter was home from college and we got to host a dear friend from South Africa at our home for about a week. The house felt full and festive (and full of food!), and then on Sunday I had to drive my girl back to school and on Monday my husband drove our friend to the airport, and then my husband, my youngest, and I were the only ones left.
I think about this sometimes when I pull plates out of the cupboard to dish up meals. I used to pull out five plates for each meal, then our oldest left home, and we were down to four. Then our daughter left for school, and now we’re down to three. In about a year and a half our youngest will likely head to college himself, and then my husband and I will be the only ones left.
It can make me feel down sometimes, but then the Lord helps me reframe my thinking and I realize it also means we’re one step closer to eternity. One day closer to being with Him forever.
And when it’s all said and done, I won’t be counting plates or taking leftovers with me . . . The only thing that matters is my relationship with Him and the amazing promise that He has gone ahead to make a place for me with Him in glory.
Amen?
STOP.Â
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Join the link-up with your own five-minute freewrite below, then visit your link-up neighbor to read their post and leave an encouraging comment:Â
I could tell he was a lefty,
one punch was all it took.
Although he was quite hefty,
he had a girl’s right hook,
and so I bobbed and so I weaved
to my left, around his right,
but he would not be deceived,
and weight carried the fight
into an abject pummelling,
and it bore a cost
that really was quite humbling,
and after I had lost
I had to take back with ill grace
what I said about his girlfriend’s face.
Ah, well. What did you expect for three minutes flat, Robert Frost?
Kate, it’s funny as I felt a sadness this Thanksgiving as well. My children are all grown and with their own. Yet, as the table was set for all of us this year, I wondered how many plates would be set next year. Who would be missing I wondered. I quickly took comfort in knowing our Lord is setting a table where we all would gather and none would be missing. In this blessing, friend, we can rejoice. {{hugs}}