100% Redeemed

I cried a lot today.... over a crashed hard drive.  My back up system apparently didn't work and it seems that 10 years of photos and documents are gone, just like that.

As I got in the car to take my crashed hard drive back to the computer technicians, I cried, just like I had through pieces of the morning.

"Do you see a lot of people cry?" I asked the tech.

"Yea, about one a day," he said.

"Well, I cried in the car, so I won't make your quota today!"

"I can usually recover about 10-70% of what was lost. 

It's a big range, I know, but we can't make any promises."
"Well, I believe in a big God and I'm praying for a miracle! 

Are you ready to recover 100% for the first time in your career?"  I joked with some hope of truth.

"I have a lot of people praying," I told him.

I left and wrestled with the feeling of such a great loss.  10 years of photos of my babies and countless sermons and talks I've written and probably much more that I haven't yet remembered was on my computer.  I've wrestled with losing these things, and knowing that what matters most is still with me.  My kids were all with me at the computer store and I kept looking at them thinking, "I still have them, the real them, not just the photographs."

Then this evening, while the techs still try to recover data off my hard drive, I read a post from Ann VosKamp.  A post that made me too cry like much of my day.  A post that talked of great loss, far greater than photographs or documents.  A post that talked of a loss where there are no technicians to recover 10-70% of what is now gone.  A post that made me more upset than a crashed hard drive.

A post that I hope you'll read too and plead with me to a BIG GOD who can recover and restore all that is lost.  There is no 10-70% with God.

He's 100% Redeemer.

Please read this post from Ann:

http://www.aholyexperience.com/2015/05/into-iraq-2-what-the-news-isnt-telling-you-why-we-cant-afford-to-pretend-its-not-happening-sozans-impossible-choice-and-our-very-possible-one/



101 and 1/4 Years

I have a little boy who is obsessed with WWII war planes.

Most specifically the B-17 Bomber that his

Great Grandfather flew 52 missions in and came home alive.

So when I heard that some of the WWII planes were coming to a little local airport,

I knew we had to go.

 



The roar of the planes coming in was awesome and getting to crawl around inside them was even more awesome!
 

But then this happened.
 

A woman pushed a man in a wheelchair over to one of the planes and I overheard her say, "I'm so upset that I didn't bring my camera."

I walked over to her and offered to take some pictures for her and e-mail them to her.

"I don't have e-mail."

"I can text them to you, do you have testing on your phone?"

"Yes," she said, although she didn't have a phone with her!

It was a moment not to miss because she was there with her 101 and 1/4 years old husband!  He dispatched these planes from their manufacturing plant in Michigan during the war. 

John McClellen, nick name "Mac."

I ran and got my little Mack out of the B-17 and told him he must meet this very special man,

 a once in a life time experience.

 

We sat and talked and listened to this incredible man for quite some time.

We heard all about life stateside during the war.

We heard about the precise inspection of the planes that left the US for Europe. 

We heard about his amazing 100th birthday party and letters from Presidents.

We even heard about his experience carrying the Olympic torch in Utah!

101 years old, and a quarter! 

Pretty incredible. 

Then he took the hand of his young bride and said,

"these, right now, are the best years of my life," and he kissed her hand.

That really hit me.

Of all the years he's lived and all the incredible things he had accomplished,

this moment, right now, was his highlight.

I think that is the secret to his long and happy life.

His present moment is his best.

Be present in this moment and make it the best moment of your life!

 

The Royal Princess(es)

A little Princess was born a few days ago!

And my little Princesses turned 9 a few days ago!!!

Oh Princess Kate, get ready for the days to fly by as Charlotte Elizabeth Diana

grows far too quickly into a lovely lady!

 A dinner party with an ice cream sundae bar was all they wanted.

And pink balloons!

 

Thank you Target for having gold letters and glittered gold numbers just when I needed them!

 

 

  

 

 

I feel so very blessed to have 2 Royal Princesses who still love pink and sparkle!

Happy 9th Birthday little ladies.

xoxoxo