There will always be a few days of the year when I feel a little melancholy. Today is one of them. 25th June. Whenever it rolls around, I am reminded of my older brother Arnold who was born on this day. Born 25th June 1960. He passed away unexpectedly on 9th September 2007. This time 10 years ago, he celebrated his last birthday on earth. Here he is sitting on Christmas Day 1991 – David was 9 months old, Stacey had just turned 4. Julian was 29 and Arnold was 31. I had turned 27 that year. Time has passed….25 years in fact.
We need to embrace every single day. Another 25 years will pass and I will be 77!
#236 of my 1000 thanks is for Arnie. The Lord knows what is ahead. He knew the day of Arnold’s life and He knew the day he would leave this earth. It is good to be able to trust God for each moment we live.
Deuteronomy 29:29 is a good verse to know about…
“The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law.”
Today has been a quiet day. Mike made a wonderful spaghetti bolognaise and Julian, David and I were the happy recipients. We watched Roger Federer win another title and I took Julian to the airport.
These are the days!
Keep the smile going.
God bless you!
In His Grip,
Helga xx 🙂