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Got Me

K mamacita,

You were so sweet to me today.

T got sick this morning and threw up, so I took you and H to church and Sunday school.

Afterwards, I took y’all to Whataburger for lunch where we all got chicken baskets.

We brought mom home a cheeseburger and then all went for a walk after we gathered ourselves.

We walked to the “yellow park” around the corner.

Anyway.

You asked me to push you on the swing when we arrived. I did and you requested that I sing while pushed.

You specifically asked for Amazing Grace, and I Believe I Can Fly (by R. Kelly). Ha!

As I pushed, you told how glad you were that you got me as a daddy.

You said that you loved me so much, and that you were thankful I was so kind and patient and loving to you.

I’m not sure what I did to deserve the deluge of compliments – but I’ll take them!

Later, you and H were fighting and I took you on a drive to separate y’all (you were just tired).

We stopped at Menchies and ate frozen yogurt: Vanilla ice cream, no toppings.

You fell asleep on the way home as I held your hand.

Later you were feeling so partial to me, you sat in my lap for half of dinner.

I love you.

-Dad

God’s Amazing Grace, Sermon Notes

Title: God’s Amazing Grace
Speaker: David Wilson
Location: Lubbock, TX
Date: 5 Sept 2021
Verse: Titus 2:11-15

I. Grace’s manifestation (11)

II. Grace’s transformation (12)
A. A life of denial ((12a)
B. A life of direction (12b)

III. Grace’s anticipation (13)

IV. Grace’s salvation (14-15)
A. Jesus paid for us 
B. Jesus purifies us
C. Jesus possesses us
D. Jesus prompts us

With Late Summer

H, tonight you and I went for a walk.

We waited until T was asleep, and both mom and K had headed to bed.

You were already in your pajamas so you sipped on a pair of shoes and we left through the garage.

The sun was starting to set but the evening air was still warm with the feeling of late summer.

We turned right out of the driveway and then right again, heading around the block.

We talked about how crazy COVID is, the weather, how much we love going for walks, how the first week of school went, what we should do for labor day, and how much fun we had at the swimming party the day before.

Instead of finishing the block and heading home, we kept on heading west down 76th.

One house we passed had a puppy in a cage in the yard. We walked within a food of him as we passed on the sidewalk. When we stopped to way high he went nuts whining and barking.

You wanted to rescue him so bad – but I was not sure he was in need of it. He looked like he had been put in a timeout of some kind. The garage door behind him was still open and the lights were all on in the house.

You left him there begrudgingly.

Circling back at the end of the next street, we passed the house on the corner with the front gardens. I told you that walking past the house made me sad.

And then we talked about the family that lived there, a husband and wife with two or three high-school/college-age kids. We talked about how we always saw the mom out working in the garden. And then I told you about how she got sick. So many cars were at their house one day when I came home from lunch. And then we found out she had died.

I loved stealing a little one-on-one time away with you.

More walks, please?

I love you.

-Dad