Sunday 11/17/2013 9:48 AM
Yesterday we celebrated Jaci’s birthday with an overnight
trip to Newport Beach. We went to the
Balboa Peninsula, walked the pier and ate lunch. Then we went to Roger’s Gardens, one of
Jaci’s favorite places, to look at plants and to get ideas for decorating. We checked into our hotel early in the
afternoon, took a short nap and then went to Ruby’s Shake Shack along Pacific
Coast Highway to watch the sun set over Catalina Island while sipping shakes. We went back to Fashion Island and walked
around the different stores before heading to the Cheesecake Factory for
dinner.
This morning I went for a run along the Back Bay in
Newport. As I ran around the long
sweeping turns of the road, I remembered that it was exactly thirty-three years
ago today that I ran my marathon. Andy
was only three months old at the time so quite a bit has changed in the
intervening years but the memories came flooding back as I smelled the
distinctive smells of the bay and saw the egrets stalking their breakfast in
the reeds.
The theme of my devotions this week has been
celebration. Yesterday we spent the day
celebrating Jaci’s birthday and today I celebrated the great blessing she has
been in my life over the past thirty-five years. God has blessed me beyond my wildest imagination
with the gift of a loving wife and family and health that still allows me to
enjoy a four-mile run each morning. What
I really need to celebrate is my loving God who has walked with me the entire
way.
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