COME TO THE FEAST

We moved our daughter to Waco on August 1. She is attending Baylor University Graduate School. I am so proud of her and all that she has achieved and will be achieving there. She is already making an impact on those around her there.

I miss her, but it was important that she made this move. She needs to achieve her own goals in life. I am proud that she has a goal and knows the direction she wants to know.

She spent the past year working as a teacher's aide at a local elementary school. She worked with the P.E. teacher at a Title I school. Many of the kids at that school come from homes that are broken apart because of drugs and crime. Kids that have experienced things at an early age that no one should ever have to experience. Because of this, they cry out for attention - often in a negative way.

Working with these kids gave my daughter insights she would not have otherwise gained. It made her see the importance of education and how school is often the only safe place these children have. It let her see the impact that just one person can have on a child's life. And, since she wants to pursue a career in professional sports, it gave her an insight into the direction she would like to go with that. It let her see what an impact a sports figure can have on a young child's life, and what a difference that can make in keeping a child in school.

I am so proud of her. I do, however, miss her at my table each night. We didn't always see a lot of each other while she lived here. But there is comfort in just knowing someone is near. It is right that she has moved. That is the way life is supposed to be. But she knows - there will always be a place at our table for her.

And someday, we will sit together around God's table - never to be parted again. Now, that is the day I am really looking forward to.


We're part of the family, that's been born again. Part of the family whose love knows no end; For Jesus has saved us, and made us His own; Now, we're part of the family that's on its way home.

Chorus:
And sometimes we laugh together, sometimes we cry; Sometimes we share together, heart-aches and sighs; Sometimes we dream together of how it will be; When we all get to Heaven, God's Family.",

When a brother meets sorrow we all feel his grief;
When he's passed thru the valley we all feel relief;
Together in sunshine, together in rain;
Together in victory; thru His precious name.

Chorus:
And sometimes we laugh together, sometimes we cry; Sometimes we share together, heart-aches and sighs; Sometimes we dream together of how it will be; When we all get to Heaven, God's Family.",


And tho' some go before us, we'll meet again;
Just inside the city as we enter in;
There'll be no more parting, with Jesus we'll be;
Together forever, God's family.

Chorus:
And sometimes we laugh together, sometimes we cry; Sometimes we share together, heart-aches and sighs; Sometimes we dream together of how it will be; When we all get to Heaven, God's Family.",