Monday, December 31, 2007

Feast Eternal



On Christmas Eve morning, my family and I drove up to our best friend's house in Cherry Valley. We were going to have a brunch. Conor and Koren were home from Ukraine, Curtis and Kathy, Kylie and Trent were there. The kids were going to put on a show for us. It was going to be fun. Well, Allyson had spent Thanksgiving in Ukraine with Koren and sent a video home with her. We started to watch it and then she walked out! She surprised us for Christmas. We were all speechless. Especially my father, he had tears in his eyes. I looked over at him when she walked in and it was almost like he breathed a sigh of relief. They're all here.

That next day on Christmas morning, my Dad said something that really stood out to me. He said: "You know this morning I was thinking about the Marriage supper of the Lamb" and we all listened. He said, "I wonder if the Lord will look out at His children and say: finally, you are all here. Welcome home."

Wow. What a day that will be, when the chosen children of God surround Him at the marriage supper. We will feast eternal together.

You are all here, welcome home.

5 comments:

Unknown said...

That was a nice post, Merea. I'm so glad Allyson is home!

carsonbelmont said...

What a good looking family! Sounds like a great Christmas.

Anonymous said...

I'm so glad you were all together on Christmas...and what an awesome comparison to the marriage supper.:)

Anonymous said...

Praise God and thanks for sharing! Although, it makes me wish I was back in your classroom sitting at the desk in front yours having a God talk with Price:)

Ryan Christie said...

thats really encouraging and beautiful...