Thankful today for God's blessing and His intervention. We were blessed last weekend with time at a cabin in the Red River Gorge of Kentucky with our daughters and their families. We live so far apart that getting us all together doesn't happen very often, but neither do milestone birthdays. We celebrated My Beloved's over the weekend and then celebrated our Elijah's eighth with a birthday breakfast of happy-face pancakes before we parted ways on Sunday. If you have grandchildren or grandparents living nearby, do be thankful for the blessings of being easily accessible to one another. There are blessings all the way around.We're also thankful for God's intervention and sparing harm to our daughter and her husband as they were coming to meet us. Pouring rain, interstate driving over Tennessee's mountain curves, hydroplaning, slamming into the guardrail, spinning, slamming into the concrete barrier, coming to a stop in the middle of the highway. Scary stuff, but God intervened by delaying traffic (especially big trucks on the curvy downhill side of the mountain) while a guardian angel helped them get the car out of the driving lanes and directed traffic while they waited for the police. They were accident #8 in a 10-mile stretch within the hour. Shaken up and a broken rib, but they were able to join us the next day.
Thankful for what we receive and what we miss. Both were blessings.
