In our church, ordination is very simple...the members of our body lay hands on the person being ordained and we quietly pray, or say words of encouragement to them.
I told Amy she was a gift from God as well as a gift to God....and that I was astounded and humbled to be able to share my life with her.
Amy held it together very well...until Gordon leaned down to share his thoughts.
- Side note: Since Gordon's words were so nice, I was nice enough to crop that photo so as not to show Gordon's bald spot...and believe me that's getting harder to do -
Anyway, the process got me thinking about affirmation.
I'll admit lately I have not been getting affirmation in ways I have in the past...i.e. via my job. I've become disillusioned with some aspects of my work. This is not the end of the world...my job has changed a lot over the years...it will change again. Still, work-life is not particularly uplifting these days...and some days I leave the office simply grateful...to be leaving the office.
Yet it's funny how things work out. In these stressful days there has suddenly come a balance.
Amy and I have volunteered for a while to provide daycare for Emily. This is no great chore, in fact it's been a great joy.
Especially lately.
There's really nothing quite the same as walking into the house after a hard morning at work only to have this tiny brown-eyed charmer run up, throw her arms around my legs and say, "Mukuyl!"
I'm not sure I'd ever need any more affirmation than that.
