Breath From Heaven!

Hello? Is anyone still there? I know, I know... It's been SO long since I have posted anything. Let me tell you, things have been super crazy around here. I will write more about that later but in the mean time, here is a post to a blog that I started a while back. I totally forgot about it until a friend reminded me and suggested that I "re"post some things. So...here is the first "re"post for an old blog page. Enjoy!

January 09
A breath from Heaven
"Mommy! You can come fishing with me and Daddy and I can show you how to do it and where to go!" This was the little voice I heard behind me as I was standing at the kitchen counter deciding what to fix for dinner. My first thought was, "I can't go fishing! I am getting ready to start dinner." Then I turned around and saw those big blue / green eyes smiling at me and I couldn't say no. So...off we went to go fishing. Don't get me wrong, I love to fish but only when I know the fishing is good (like in Alaska). Besides, I don't even have my license. During the entire ride to the lake, I was thinking about all of the things that I would have to do when we returned home and fuming a bit that Gary didn't realize how much I had to do and help me get out of going. (I know, silly right?) We pulled up by the water and as I got out of the car, I realized that I didn't bring my jacket and the wind was very cold. Luckily Gary brought his jacket and put it on me. I did remember the camera and took some pictures of Matthew and Gary while they were trying to catch "the big one". I was amazed at how good Matthew was at casting and reeling. When was the last time I actually watched him fish? He looked so grown up backing up the bank and reeling fast not to get hung up in the bushes that he had just casted into. Then my spirit woke up and smacked me on the heart! I forgot about all the things that I had waiting for me at home and just had fun. They fished, we went exploring, we threw rocks, we played in the mud and best of all we laughed. The wind was really cutting into us now and we noticed the cold and even commented on it, but it didn't detour our fun. Finally, Matthew runs to pick up his fishing pole and says, "Come on Daddy, one more cast and then we can go. It's getting dark." As they were making their last attempts at a catch, I was standing behind them watching everything. They were laughing and casting and Matthew was getting very brave and standing at the very edge of the water. There was a duck about 50 yards out that was trying it's last attempt at a catch too. (I didn't realize how long ducks can hold their breath!) Then Gary turned around and said, "Honey, look at the sunset!" It was amazing! I wish that I could describe it for you but the only thing I can say is that it looked like the sky was on fire. We talked about all the colors that we saw and thanked God for the lovely sunset that He painted just for us. Gary commented again on how cold it was getting and that we should be getting home when this amazing thing happened. There was a breeze within the breeze, a very warm comforting breeze that must have lasted 30 seconds. I felt it and looked at Gary. He turned around and said, "Did you feel that?" "Yeah, I felt it. It was warm." Matthew said. Then, in tandem, Gary and I said, "It felt like God breathed on us!" We all just stood there watching the sunset until the colors began to turn purple. We didn't want to leave. God had breathed on us!