Last week I had the chance to to do some serious partying. My family and I met our journey group at Chick-Fil-A in Acworth [hey, that's the limit of serious partying for families with little kids!]. We ate, watched our kids tear up the play place, and talked. We shut the place down and they kicked us out at 10:00pm. I loved catching up with everyone, hearing what’s going on in their lives in the past month.
I’ve written about it in the last couple of posts, but one of the main lessons God taught Chris and I over these past eight years is to do life together with His family. Yes, I’ll miss our house, neighborhood, and living in a metro area. But I will mostly miss the time spent with our West Ridge friends.
The last book study our group did this year was 1 Peter. It’s interesting that this burly, bull-headed ex-fisherman talked a lot about love - he commands us to love in each of the five chapters:
1:22 Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from the heart.
2:17 Show proper respect to everyone: Love the brotherhood of believers
3:8 Finally, all of you, live in harmony with one another; be sympathetic, love as brothers, be compassionate and humble.
4:8 Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. 9Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling.
5:14 Greet one another with a kiss of love.
I think our group has embraced Peter’s instruction to love one another deeply.
So, one last time, thanks to these families who traveled with us this year…
Averys, Boatners, Dahlems, Epps, Haygoods, Jensens, Laws, Loudermilks, Niehiesals, Rays
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