Great Friday!
This week’s weather has been FABULOUS here in Buffalo! We went to the Drive-In last night with the kidos and watched Star Wars the new animated movie – decent movie but the night was spectacular – at one point Canon looks up and says dad, all the stars our out tonight! I said yep – look at’em all!
It has been a fast summer can’t believe that it is quickly drawing to an end – Labor day is really early @#$%^! This school year is a BIG one in the Cockrell family – our “little” Canon is headed for Kindergarten! (i can’t even spell it!) It is going to be an emotional day – that first day off to school for both MOM and Dad! He is going to have the same teacher that both Carlee and Caleb had so we know that it is going to be off the hook good but still…
So this weekend we are going off for an extended weekend to go “camping” down in PA somewhere, Gloria has the directions so we will be gone Sunday but Elmwood you are in for a HUGE blessing because my Pastor, Jerry Gillis is coming down all the way from Getzvile NY to hang out with us! We were in Chicago a few months back with a bunch of other pastors from around the country and Jerry gave this incredible “vision-casting” message to all of us as it pertained to reaching every man, woman and child not only in our cities but in our nation and around the world! It moved and compelled me that day and has resonated deep within me ever since and so he is going to share that with us at Elmwood Sunday so don’t miss it!
If you have been tracking with me on this blog for a while you might remember that last year while coming back from vacation in NC I received the tragic news that my former Pastor’s wife had been killed in a car wreck. I have since put his blog on my blog roll – Ed Litton – to allow people to follow his journey. Over this past incredibly painful year he has blogged his way through the journey. I have followed it all year, there have been times where my heart has broken for him and his 3 beautiful children, the pain, loneliness, despair, frustration, disappointment, hope… it has been an incredible journey that has just passed the one year mark. There are many questions that we will never be able to answer this side of eternity but Ed has allowed all of us to see some things through his life that might help us through our circumstances both good and bad.
I know this, life is fragile – love God today with your whole heart and “love the one’s your with!”
Have a GREAT FRIDAY
