----We Keep Praising God the Father, Praising God the Son and God the Holy Spirit ~~

--"O Lord, You have brought my soul from the grave."
---[Psalm 30:4]

---Shortly before he died, Keith told me he knew what he wanted to get me for my next birthday. He had seen me eagerly using Michael Carasiks The Commentators' Bible volumes as each became available, often years apart. So far, I had the books on Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers. He said, "I want to pay for the last two for you, in case I'm not around. when they come out."

Two years later, I got the volume on Deuteronomy and wept over it, thanking Keith for it as if he were there. More years went by, and my relationship with my local "family" (which I called my "here" family to differentiate them from the "there" family in California I'd gained from Keith) was created and blossomed. For Mother's Day this year, they gave me a gift card for the online bookseller I ordered from.

When the volume on Genesis was finally available, I ordered it, ready to take the last of the money Keith had given me to pay for it--only to realize that the gift card had automatically kicked in; the book was paid for.

I was upset The gift was supposed to have come from Keith, the last thing he would have ever give me. I shared my feelings with a friend, who looked at me as if I were crazy. "What you're not seeing, " she said, "is that it's like Keith is telling you he gave you the 'here' family." I realized I had been wrong. Keith would never be done with giving to me--the books were only one of his many gifts. ~~

--"Thank You Lord, for how much I love you and my husband. Thank You for teaching me more about him and You every day I live. In Jesus Name."

Guideposts/RB~
--"King of Kings" // Jenn Johnson //<https://youtu.be/zmPyPIyoxhA>
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