Boxed up Giggles!

it’s the monday giggles….

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And we’ve so greatly enjoyed all the giggles shared, as we have prepared to host YOU!

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Two special ‘gigglers’ busy preparing Hotel Hospitality Boxes!

We are meant to show loving-kindness not only to people we know, but to strangers as well.

We are to be there for the cares and needs of others and always put out a helping hand.

Is hospitality fading?

I think not!

Just like many people welcomed Jesus in their homes with open arms, we should do the same! When we serve others we are serving Christ.

Hospitality is when someone feels at Home in your presence.

Hospitality isn’t about your house, it’s about your heart!

And we are so very grateful to be sharing our hearts with many throughout the duration of this Special Occassion!

We cannot wait until you discover what we have in store for you!!

Let brotherly love continue, Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

-Hebrews 13:1-2

Uh, oh.

“Helen, what’s the matter????”

(Giggle. Giggle.)

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Please don’t be sad there are no cookies in the box!

I promise we’ll talk about the cookies tomorrow!!

hugs n’ blessings to all those spreading hospitality around the world!

(With or without a cookie!)

 

 

8 weeks ago…

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“God invites us today to live a great story with Him.”  -Lysa Terkuerst

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8 weeks ago…

Pen to paper.

Gold on Black.

8 weeks ago we asked.

Will you be there?

Can you come?

To see them married?

To celebrate as they become one?

Your replies amazed us!

Your love shown through!

So many of you  coming!

To witness love anew.

It won’t  be long now.

Wedding Week has begun!

God’s grace is abounding

#yatskogetmarried is about to get done!

Wedding invitations being made,

(our graphic designer was amazing!)

assembled,

(by so many loving hands)

addressed, mailed

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and at last all (rsvp’s) returned!

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hugs n’ blessings for all the wonderful magic that happens in 8 short weeks!

“May you always be aware you are loved beyond measure and may you be willing to love unconditionally in return.” -Notes by Nora

heart smiles!

it’s the monday giggles…and these are lovely ones to share.

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I see a lot of people

in the world

and most of them

make me smile,

but you’re different.

You make

my heart smile!

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“…for the Lord sees not as man sees; man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.” 1Sam16:7

 

For my daughter I sensed that my release of her would be a new “different.” My expectations of the circumstances were different; my preparation would be different. I sensed the difference, but wondered what this new difference would feel like.

And where would God be?

This weekend I found the answer (to both) in the

JOY

that I witnessed

in the difference in her, my darling daughter!

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And just how much of Him there already is

reflected in this heart of hers,

which is becoming whole.

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“Yes, fairy-tales do come true.”

 

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Forty days before an embryo is formed, a heavenly voice calls out—so and so is to marry such and such,” says the Talmud. This has been orchestrated from before you were born. Your souls are partners, matching halves of a single whole. The Talmud describes the search for a spouse as looking for that “lost part” of yourself.    -a parable

The Joy of seeing

(how beautiful it is)

that God has indeed made

the half to her completeness.

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And what great joy is felt in this new “difference”

as my heart smiles for the two of them

as they prepare to have Him always united with thee.

“A cord of three strands is not easily broken.”  Ecclesiastes 4:12

 

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Just two Moms bursting with JOY over their love of a ‘daughter.’

 

hugs n’  JOY-filled blessings to celebrate all the smiles our hearts can contain!

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Looks like God already had this covered. (Giggles.)