Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about
them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to
bed and when you are getting up.
—Deuteronomy 6:7 NLT
The morning air was chilly and the wind howled outside my
window, but inside I was cozy, propped up in bed, pillows behind me and a warm
quilt thrown over my legs. I sipped hot coffee as I read from Jesus Calling: “A thankful attitude
opens windows of heaven. Spiritual blessings fall freely onto you through those
openings into eternity. Moreover, as you look up with a grateful heart, you get
glimpses of Glory through those windows” (Young 341).
Pausing to ponder those words so fitting on the day
before Thanksgiving, I heard footsteps from somewhere else in the house, a
sound quite unusual in my home occupied solely by myself. The steps grew louder
as they approached my bedroom. The door flew open and my four-year-old
granddaughter, Layla, padded to my bed.
