08/22/2026
Thoughts for the Week
We are reading the final book of the Laura Ingall’s book series the “These Happy Golden Years” as a family. It’s a fun family read. Reading it has made me contemplate how quick life goes, how quick life changes. The book has a real touch of nostalgia to it, even the title speaks to it. Life doesn’t remain the same for long. First Mary leaves for college, then Almanzo begins to come around, and finally Laura marries him.
The Ingall’s family had their share of hardships as a family, but they also had a lot of joy. At one point in “These Happy Golden Years” Laura becomes a school teacher, and has to live in another families home during the school week. It was a miserable time. Returning home for the weekends magnified for Laura the blessing of her own home, and family. All those small insignificant moments and memories that we so often miss, are those that make up the home.
I pray that I too would begin to see, to enjoy those moments more clearly. Life is short. Children grow up fast. Change will come also to our family. Change is often not bad, it is I am sure also a great blessing to see children grow up and become adults themselves. The point is these moments we have now are short. I want to enjoy these God given blessings of the small moments to their fullest.
The moment when you nearly trip (again) on their favourite blanket and teddy bear left in the hallway (again). The moment that you hear your little daughter trying to play the piano, with fingers almost to small for the keys. The moment you hear your son belting out a Christian hymn at the top of his lungs, unaware that anyone is listening. These moments are here today, and gone tomorrow. I pray that I would thank God for these precious moments while they are here.
That’s why we love books. Good Books. That promote Christian values for Christian homes.
They have the ability to shift wrong perspectives, or renew and refresh old truths.
To the glory of God the creator, author of it all.
“Tolle Lege” Take up and Read