Crazy Love

I have so much in my head to get out on paper {aka posts}, from the birth of my nephew and the scare my sister caused us all with her postpartum emergencies, to our family vacation in Chicago and sobriety dates. But for now, I am remembering one simple moment that occurred on our plane ride home yesterday, that is filling my heart with joy.

Our airline aisle sat three people across, so I sat in the aisle seat, with Loudoun next to me and Avalon next to the window. Ya know, to trap them her in. Rick sat one row in front of us, enjoying quiet time. I'll redeem my free time coupon for that one soon. My kids were very well behaved, minus two 5 minute meltdowns from Avalon, which I consider extremely good considering she's 4 and the plane ride was 4 and a half hours. Family travel has finally become fun all around!

I was able to read quite a bit on the flight, while my kids played video games and watched downloaded movies. I read the book Crazy Love (by Francis Chan) for the second time, which is already covered in notes and highlights from the first time. Loudoun was extremely interested in my book, and kept pausing his game and looking over to get glimpses of the page I was on. At one point he looked over to read 2 lines I had previously highlighted (page 51).

...nothing matters except our King and God...

                     ...He is everything. 

Loudoun stopped and pondered it for quite some time, and shared that it was really a neat thing to read about our God. Not only did he stop his video game. Not only did he show interest in what I was reading and actually read some of it himself, but he also took it in...the words and their meaning...in his heart.

It was the perfect way to end our vacation. God moving in his heart.

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