  A great evening!! The meal Amy made us was fantastic. Beef Tenderloin, roasted carrots, orzo w/ pesto, green beans, bread, salad. All perfect. But the thing that was best about the evening was the conversation. We have gotten together with her family many times in the past. Her brother and sister-in-law are Christians and very like-minded with Amy and I--earnestly seeking to please God in all aspects of life. But since the other 6 people have not begun to walk with God, the conversation rarely turns to spiritual things. If it does, it doesn't stay there long. This time was different. There was an extended conversation about rasing children to be principled and prepared to make right decisions, about right and wrong, about truth.
Much was couched in the application to family life but each line of questioning seemed to lead to God's path. Amy's brother Scott was really the center point of the conversation. He is a great Dad and a man of God. A wonderful example of a father. I really appreciate the role he plays as the trailblazer in this thing called parenting (his kids are 6 years older than mine so he seems to hit the milestones first).
He has always been able to see a clear, right path and has been consistently proactive in pouring Godly decision-making skills into his kids. In all of this he acknowledges God's leading and plan. I am blessed to know him, my home was blessed this evening, God was glorified in all of it. Christ the Lord is risen today! A-a-a-a-al-le-lu-ia!!
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