Yesterday.

Yesterday I was a little girl out skating on our pond with my Uncle Al.

 The laughter bounced around the chilly air

as I fell and he helped me up.

Yesterday I listened to my cat Happy Face purr on my bed...

as I hugged Big Teddy, my bear that was as big as I.

Yesterday I fell to sleep in the guest room bed with Aunt Rosey 

and cousin Judy...

as she told me stories of riding horses together in heaven someday.

Yesterday my sister raced me home to supper on our bikes,

 and she beat me again.

Yesterday I was 15,..

 and the moment I saw my baby sister born into the world

was one of unspeakable awe and joy.

 Yesterday I held my firstborn nephew in my arms

and felt the amazing love of becoming an aunt.

Yesterday my brother-in-law and sister

uprooted their whole lives to move and start a new job

because they felt God wanted them to buy a piece of land

to spend time with their boys

because their boys are that important to them.

 Yesterday we all were there,

even those of us who had just gotten married

and moved across the country

 to celebrate a graduation.

 Yesterday I saw the grateful, emotion-filled faces of the parents

 

 who chose to protect their sons from the wrong influences and values;

and guide them through prayer, Bible truths, school, love, laughter, work, church,

and numerous personal sacrifices.

 The people in our lives today...

will become the moments of yesterday tomorrow.

Have a wonderful weekend enjoying the gifts of the present.

And whatsoever ye do,

do it heartily,

as to the Lord, and not unto men;

Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance:

for ye serve the Lord Christ.

Colossians 3:23-24