Auntie Bit

I miss having my sister close by.  We have some good times together.  It's so amazing to recognize how our relationship has grown all these years, and I am so grateful that we can now share the joys of motherhood.  I enjoyed watching her love our little Alaka'i, and pray the Lord would bless them with another child.  When I consider how far away she is, and the rest of our family as well, it tempts me to grow discouraged. I grew up without any extended family nearby, and never knew aunts, uncles or grandparents very well.  In fact, there are some cousins that I wouldn't recognize if we were in the same room together.  I really would prefer that Alaka'i not have that same kind of relationship with his extended family.  But then I remember that God has us here in SoCal for His purposes.  And I remember that I should set my mind on things above, and not the things of this earth.  Because this place is only temporary, and this life but a vapor.  There is an eternity that awaits and an endless opportunity to worship God perfectly.  Upon these things should I dwell.
I still miss my family, and wish we were closer.  But we aren't, by God's design, for this season of life.  So I continue to discipline my thoughts, and pray that someday we might all be united for eternity in Heaven.