another one of those days for question 1

today we said "goodbye for now" to the dear lady who taught me (and hundreds of others) in the nursery class in sunday school... never was any doubt that she was a Philippians 2:3-4 woman. who knew that one of the neighborhood kids she used to go and pick up to bring to church would turn out to be my foster brother?!? O God, raise up others like her in the church!

my thoughts can't help but turn again to the beginning of the heidelberg catechism:

Q: What is your only comfort in life and in death?
A: That I am not my own, but belong - body and soul, in life and in death - to my faithful Savior Jesus Christ. He has fully paid for all my sins with His precious blood, and has set me free from the tyranny of the devil. He also watches over me in such a way that not a hair can fall from my head without the will of my Father in heaven: in fact, all things must work together for my salvation. Because I belong to Him, Christ, by His Holy Spirit, assures me of eternal life and makes me wholeheartedly willing and ready from now on to live for Him.

jingle, jingle, happy bells!!!