Three years ago today, it was a gorgeous Fall Sunday morning at the cabin at gull Lake. We were all together, slowly waking up sitting on the deck in the morning sunshine. .
Our son, Mike and daughter Lisa made breakfast for all of us. Mike made his special version of scrambled eggs and Lisa cooked the bacon. The aroma of brewed coffee was in the air. It was a wonderful breakfast and memorable. The atmosphere of contentment and warmth filled the morning..
After breakfast Ted told me when he woke this scripture verse played over and over in his thoughts. “This is the day that the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it.”
He looked it up on his Bible program on his laptop, to see where it was. It was Psalm 118:24. He said it was very unusual; he’d never woken up like that before with such a strong clear scripture verse running through his thoughts. It made such an impression on him.
Ted wanted to go golfing one more time before we headed home later that day. He didn’t want to play alone so I joined him, and we played a par three nine-hole course. It turned out we shouldn’t have bothered, things were somehow going from bad to worse on the course, our game was that bad. We were glad to get back to the cabin. It was almost lunchtime and the guys had to get a fire going so we could have hamburgers for lunch.
We sat around the fire chatting and visiting while we waited for it to be ready to cook over. Ted told everyone about the Bible verse he awoke with. and how it really was appropriate for the wonderful day and time we’d had together. Lisa and I started singing the song, which we’d sung so often.
This is the day; This is the day, that the Lord has made
We will rejoice, we will rejoice and be glad in it………
It was getting time to start packing up for the trip home. We commiserated with each other that we hated for our weekend to be over. It was so wonderful to spend time together as a family, which we hadn’t done for quite some time..
We said our goodbyes and headed home in our vehicles.
We drove Lisa home and Ted unloaded her suitcase. I stayed in the car with the dogs, and I had this urge to turn around and really look at Lisa’s face. She was genuinely smiling and looking so content. It was the happiest I’d seen her in many years.
I was so pleased to see this wonderful, peaceful, contented look on Lisa’s face.
It was the last time we saw her and I am so glad for that memory.
Four days later we realized the importance of the Scripture God gave to Ted that morning.
“This is the day that the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it “
The Lord, Our God gave us that special weekend together because He was going to take Lisa home to be with Him. That’s why we were to savor that day three years ago today.
He had ordained it to be our last day with Lisa. This is so precious and comforting to us how He made Himself so real to us that weekend. “God is so good” is an understatement. Although it still hurts so much missing Lisa, knowing how much God cares for us is no small comfort. Knowing she is resting in the Father’s embrace soothes our aching hearts.
Our son, Mike and daughter Lisa made breakfast for all of us. Mike made his special version of scrambled eggs and Lisa cooked the bacon. The aroma of brewed coffee was in the air. It was a wonderful breakfast and memorable. The atmosphere of contentment and warmth filled the morning..
After breakfast Ted told me when he woke this scripture verse played over and over in his thoughts. “This is the day that the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it.”
He looked it up on his Bible program on his laptop, to see where it was. It was Psalm 118:24. He said it was very unusual; he’d never woken up like that before with such a strong clear scripture verse running through his thoughts. It made such an impression on him.
Ted wanted to go golfing one more time before we headed home later that day. He didn’t want to play alone so I joined him, and we played a par three nine-hole course. It turned out we shouldn’t have bothered, things were somehow going from bad to worse on the course, our game was that bad. We were glad to get back to the cabin. It was almost lunchtime and the guys had to get a fire going so we could have hamburgers for lunch.
We sat around the fire chatting and visiting while we waited for it to be ready to cook over. Ted told everyone about the Bible verse he awoke with. and how it really was appropriate for the wonderful day and time we’d had together. Lisa and I started singing the song, which we’d sung so often.
This is the day; This is the day, that the Lord has made
We will rejoice, we will rejoice and be glad in it………
It was getting time to start packing up for the trip home. We commiserated with each other that we hated for our weekend to be over. It was so wonderful to spend time together as a family, which we hadn’t done for quite some time..
We said our goodbyes and headed home in our vehicles.
We drove Lisa home and Ted unloaded her suitcase. I stayed in the car with the dogs, and I had this urge to turn around and really look at Lisa’s face. She was genuinely smiling and looking so content. It was the happiest I’d seen her in many years.
I was so pleased to see this wonderful, peaceful, contented look on Lisa’s face.
It was the last time we saw her and I am so glad for that memory.
Four days later we realized the importance of the Scripture God gave to Ted that morning.
“This is the day that the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it “
The Lord, Our God gave us that special weekend together because He was going to take Lisa home to be with Him. That’s why we were to savor that day three years ago today.
He had ordained it to be our last day with Lisa. This is so precious and comforting to us how He made Himself so real to us that weekend. “God is so good” is an understatement. Although it still hurts so much missing Lisa, knowing how much God cares for us is no small comfort. Knowing she is resting in the Father’s embrace soothes our aching hearts.
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