Precious Moments

One night this week we watched the movie “Air” with our daughter and son in law who have been visiting.  The movie depicts how Nike was able to pull themselves out of a slump by recruiting Michael Jordan to wear Nike shoes, although he was being courted by others and was more inclined to lend his name—and feet!—for their marketing.  His shrewd mother got him an excellent package deal that included a percentage of Nike’s earnings from their marketing of him.  This allowed Jordan to become enormously wealthy. 

As I sat there in our modest living room, basking in the pleasure of the company of my husband, our daughter and her husband I thought how no amount of money could provide the contentment I was experiencing in those precious moments together. 

So much of life consists of sweet moments strewn like rose petals along the path we traverse, even as we also encounter briars and pebbles, sometimes boulders and unexpected storms that erupt along the way.  Our challenge is to store those special times in our hearts so that we can easily retrieve them, relive them, for renewed pleasure, comfort, and encouragement.

May we be bearers of hope, the “wait staff” of Hope’s Café for each other and all those we encounter.  Shalom, Kate

Hope’s Café Bonus:  We are enhanced when we share our happiness with others and when we take pleasure in their joys as well.  And so I share with delight the joy of our friends Fred and Kathy in the birth of their first grandchild, Hannah Lanae, who jumped the gun and came about six weeks early but has been released from NICU this week.  Welcome, Hannah and congratulations to Sara and Jeramy!