Struggling Well With Life

This is a pretty interesting day.  One of my brothers and sister in law are arriving this afternoon for a 24 hour visit.  Our extended family lives all over the country and each have families of their own and live real busy lives, so it is not often that we are together, and by not often I mean rarely.  Today is interesting for me because there is so much history, blood, and DNA that tie us together, but not a lot that is current. No doubt, my girls will be bored stiff mid way through dinner tonight as all the old stories are retold, and since I am the youngest - these stories will all carry the undercurent of me having had the easy life - the spoiled baby of the family.  We all remember our childhoods from one grid - our perspective.  Sometimes accurate, sometimes not.  I am looking forward to today.  I know a lot about my brother and his wife, but I no longer know them.  Looking forward to the discovery that comes in relationships.  I do know this about them, they love Jesus.  In fact it was this brother who was the first guy close to me while growing up who gave me a clear picture of a personal relationship with God.