Ten love-filled days

Friday, April 8, 2016 (3:29 p.m. EDT)

Still heading/chugging north toward Baltimore, MD

Grandeur of the Seas

Awesome, Holy God,

Thank You! Three parts of our family have spent the past ten days together. Laughing. Crying. Smiling. Caring. Reading. Learning. Listening. And loving. Yes Father. Thank You for ten love-filled days aboard this ship.

Ten days filled with meeting new people. Making new friends. Thank You for the life changing opportunity of helping an 81 year old woman learn to relax and have fun in the water. What an extreme treat for me. Thank You.

Thank You for the willingness to approach strangers and offer assistance. A heart-filled compliment here. A bit of encouragement there. Whatever positive words come to mind.

This is You at work. You showing us Your handiwork. From the unexpectedness of the early morning sky turning to rough and storm tossed seas then back to the calmness with which we are currently chugging along, You have been in every single scenario.

Here we had the weather dictate one family member's sheer joy of swimming in an actual, authentic, nature driven wave pool while it directly contrasted another's disappointment over the cancellation of a much anticipated aerial act. Father, we thank You for all You have to teach us. Make us willing students.

We have a final night's dinner we get to attend together. Another opportunity to smile. Laugh. Share. Possibly even cry. Be there with us in every single emotion. Especially the love. Thank You Father. Amen.

(252 words ~ 4:19 p.m. EDT)