Well I was all set to send this week’s blog and as usual asked Hilary what she thought. She said “I don’t think so dear.”
I have come to appreciate this as one of the greatest gift’s God has given me – a godly wife who is strong and loving enough to say,”No” (Ps.62:11)
So I went back to just Living Life, Looking and Listening, and Learning to Love, open to Father giving me another message………and found myself doing again today what I talked about in one of the first blogs………taking one of the grandchildren for a walk in the stroller to give his mum and dad some space……The only difference was that this time round, it was our next grandchild…Asher instead of Isla!
We paused for a photo shot in front of another local view that again featured in one of the early blogs…….. the Trinity of skyscrapers in Downtown Minneapolis: “Father, Son and Holy Spirit – Let your glory fill the earth.”
I realized it is now exactly ONE YEAR since I began this blog
When we discover how God works cyclically we notice these recurring patterns.
Because of Christ’s redemptive work reversing the curse we can now as individuals and families by faith experience a cycling upwards instead of a downward spiral!
Although Asher, born to Ben and Kim (nee Larson), is the latest in the Kyle line, another grandchild has since been born in the Larson line. I had the joy of marrying Kim’s brother Rob and his wife Julie who have now given birth to a son they were lead to call Aiden. His name means FIRE
St Aidan was the Irish monk sent out from Columba’s monastery on Iona to evangelise the English from his base on Holy Island, where, at the turn of the millennium, when I happened to be visiting my friend Andy Raine, I discovered this statue of St. Aidan carrying The Flame.
A few months ago local friends who had also visited the island brought back a photo to show me from the cemetery in the shadow of The Flame statue. It did not surprise me for I remembered seeing these headstones myself in that graveyard
My father was also called George (Gilbert) Kyle, and my mother Anna Kyle! They were the ones who passed the torch of faith on to me that is now being passed to our grandchildren!
Kim and Rob’s father, John Larson, had a plaque making business in Mexico for many years. This is one of the plaques he gave us that hangs in our hallway with a quote from Lord of the Rings.
Who would have thought back then he would publish a prophesy about the union and sequential fruit of that union between the families? (God knew : – )
“From the ASH(ER)es a fire (AIDEN) shall be woken.”
This is also a forshadowing of the ultimate union between Christ and the body of Overcomers who are being prepared to receive from their King a crown to rule and reign with him on the earth for a thousand years. (Rev.5 and 20) for,
“…….the crownless again shall be King”
I noticed the RAINBOW in my photo over the word “again” – for God has made a New Covenant that out of the ashes, what was lost to Adam’s family will be restored through Christ who has now given us “the right to become – children of God” (Jn.1:12) so that we might “be woken” to “Arise and shine” with Him. (Is. 60:1)
“When this age shall end and the time has come
For the Trump to sound and our Lord to come
Then as one we’ll rise and our Flame unite
With the one who loved and bought us.”
……God’s covenant will NOT fail, for our common Adamic family line….. nor for your immediate family line no matter how ‘broken’ it may now seem!
P.S. Thank you for reading over the last year. I can track my little band of consistent readers by Mailchimp, and each time I go down the list of friends a smile broadens on my face as I picture and pray for each one of you dear folk! Although I haven’t activated the ‘Comments’ option, I love hearing from of any of you anytime!!