Families are interesting organisms. Everyone is a part of one and the one you are a part of is bigger than you think. When I think of my family I think of what is called my immediate family. But once I move away from that I go to extended family and it is hard to tell where that one ends. I was just in Dallas, Texas at the high school graduation of my niece. Ok, try to follow this. She is the daughter of my wife's brother. While there I met her grandparents on my sister in law's side along with an uncle and aunt. I was there with my wife, her parents, and her sister Susan. I had extended family coming out of my ears. It was the first time I had met some of these people and we were related...sort of...twice removed...or something. While we were there my sister in law Susan was getting texted(The most popular form of communication in the 21st century)by her twin boys. She said at one point," I pride myself in being able to tell who it is without them telling me." I thought that was very cool. It made me think as I sat in the wee branches of my family tree that God is like that with every one of us. I never start my prayer, "Hey God, this is Joe Coffey from Hudson, Ohio in the United States." I don't have to. He knows as soon as He hears my voice that it is me. He knows your voice as well. I was reminded this weekend that I don't even know a fraction of my own family. But God has no extended family. All of his family is immediate family. Every once in a while God breaks in at the most unusual times to remind me how cool He is. In the middle of blazing hot Dallas was one of those times.
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This popped into my e-mail today, May 28th. The significance of that, is today is my son's 14th birthday. Naturally, my thoughts are on him & our family more than usual. But there is another on my heart today, and that is the incredibly brave young woman that gave birth to him. Yes, he was adopted. He and I look nothing alike, we think quite differently, have opposite talents and interests, but he is my family. And she is as well. I pray that she is blessed by the Father to us all, and in eternity we shall celebrate together.
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