A note from me, and an Insirational Story

Hello my friends, life is so busy, and as we go about our daily chores, we can forget what really made us. I was sent this story in an email, and it is so 'me', I just had to share it with you. 
Yesterday, my brother and I returned to our old suburb where we grew up, so many memories of our childhood, and my brother deverstated to see a 'SOLD' sign on our old High School.  I guess there will be a big apartment complex built there!
Life goes on, and we are glad we both have God in our life, no matter what changes there are, we know that He is there for us.

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart." Jeremiah 29:11-13 (NIV)

I grew up in the 50's/60's with practical parents. A
mother, God love her, who washed aluminium foil after
she cooked in it, then reused it. She was the original
recycle queen, before they had a Name for it... A
father who was happier getting old shoes fixed than
buying new ones.

Their marriage was good, their dreams focused. Their
best friends lived barely a wave away. I can see them
now, Dad in trousers, tee shirt and a hat and Mum in a
house dress, lawn mower in one hand, and dish-towel in
the other. It was the time for fixing things. A
curtain rod, the kitchen radio, screen door, the oven
door, the hem in a dress Things we keep.

It was a way of life, and sometimes it made me crazy.
All that re-fixing, eating, renewing, I wanted just
once to be wasteful. Waste meant affluence. Throwing
things away meant you knew there'd always be more.

But then my mother died, and on that clear summer's
night, in the warmth of the hospital room, I was
struck with the pain of learning that sometimes there
isn't any more.

Sometimes, what we care about most gets all used up
and goes away...never to return. So... while we have
it... it's best we love it.... and care for it... and
fix it when it's broken...... and heal it when it's sick.

This is true. for marriage..... and old cars.... and
children with bad report cards..... and dogs with bad
hips.... and aging parents..... and grandparents. We
keep them because they are worth it, because we are
worth it. Some things we keep. Like a best friend that
moved away or a classmate we grew up with.

There are just some things that make life important,
like people we know who are special..... and so, we
keep them close!

I received this from someone who thinks I am a
'keeper', so I've sent it to the people I think of in
the same way.. Now it's your turn to send this to
those people that are "keepers" in your life Good
friends are like stars.... You don't always see them,
but you know they are always there.
Keep them close!