Thank you, Lord, for Eileen!

Dear Heavenly Father,Remember, Lord, when I packed up my house and kids in frigid Minnesota exactly 10 years ago and moved to a house on Alta Visa Way in Danville, California? I didn’t realize that You were intentionally plopping me right across the street from Eileen! I didn’t know that the yummy treats she brought me to welcome me to the neighborhood were just the beginning of a special friendship (and many more yummy treats! :) ) I didn’t realize that she was Your daughter. I didn’t realize the special person You had made in her. I didn’t realize the future we would share. I didn’t realize at that time You were giving me the sister I never had! Thank you, Lord, for Eileen! Thank you for all that we’ve shared and for all that she means to me. Thank you for our uncanny similarities which have brought us together and for our distinct differences with which You have sharpened me. Thank you for the happiness you’ve brought her with her loving husband, Mark, her special son, Grayson, and the baby we all waited for for so long, Julia. I pray this day that you will grant Eileen inner peace and joy as you reveal in a new way Your love for her and Your divine purpose for her life. I pray that You will bless her this day and fill her cup to overflowing with blessing far beyond her wildest imagination! In Christ’s name I pray, Amen. Happy Birthday, Eileen!! Thank you for your love, your support, your humor, your common sense, your example, your depth, your dependable presence in my life. I love you!!!! Brenda