Happy 16th Birthday Catherine Therese!!

Although you'll never read this my sweet Catherine, I love you. 16 years ago you changed our life forever. All of your siblings have done this in their own way but you have done so in a very special way. You have made me more empathetic, compassionate, and much more prayerful. Your smile lights up the world around you and we are all blessed by it.  It's not easy living with a saint. You remind me of my weakness and limited time on this earth. You challenge me to go deeper within myself and find what the Lord is trying to teach me...usually patience. You are made in His image and likeness but He uses you so that I can see my own beauty, goodness, and shortcomings.  You struggle mightily against me with every bath, diaper change, and wardrobe change. I struggle mightily with Him against all the changes He wills in my life. You depend on me and your mom for even the simplest of things. You teach me to depend on Him for everything and not rely on my on strength. You teach me that I

Everlasting King



Luke 9:7-9

An earthly king
doth question who
be the man who dost such things
Be he a prophet
or Elijah of old
or the one whose neck made sword to ring

The king's perplexed
his vision blurred
his past and future vexed
can bone and sinew
join the spirit and the living flesh

Tis not a prophet
from of old
nor the bane of Baal he sees
tis not the Voice
no, none of these
tis the everlasting King.

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