"Trey Tuesday" - April 24, 2018

Let's Go Team!

The fields are alive....with the sounds of soccer and t-ball and baseball and softball!  As spring is springing, teams are springing up everywhere! 

Tshirts, hats, minivan stickers - there are lots of ways to unite as a team.

We need teams.

We need each other.

We need those who complement us....those who can do what we can't...when we can't....Those who hold us accountable...and hold us up....hold our hands...and hold our mouths shut.

Team Mitlo One has been a bond across time and miles, supporting Jay and Rachel and Joe and Bella and Trey since the devastating news on that Christmas Eve.  But you know what else?  Being on Team Mitlo One has helped me to be a better team player on other teams.  Teams that noone ever wanted to be on....teams that are still fighting for an earthly win, and teams that mourn an earthly loss, but celebrate a heavenly win!  Sometimes I wonder why God would choose to use me on those teams, but I always find peace and encouragement in knowing that with a Coach like Jesus, we are guaranteed that He will provide a win!  :)

"My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ,"  Colossians 2:2

"Trey Tuesday" - April 17, 2018

Like a Brother

Do you have a friend who rides this roller coaster called, "Life" with you?

Someone who loves you even when you are unlovable?
Someone you can lean on - sometimes literally?

Someone who is so close you can talk 24/7?

Friends can be so close we call them brother. Siblings, of course, can be brothers.  The Bible tells us that, "there is a Friend who sticks closer than a brother."  Proverbs 18:24  

Imagine Joe and Bella having Trey as a brother.  A little brother.  A typical little brother to play with, fight, with, laugh with, live with....until one day....cancer takes your little brother away.  Where do you turn?   "there is a Friend who sticks closer than a brother."  Proverbs 18:24   

Maybe God has allowed your sibling, spouse, parent, job, health, house, comfort to be taken away... Where do you turn?  "there is a Friend who sticks closer than a brother."  Proverbs 18:24  

Jesus loves you even when you are unlovable.

Jesus is ready for you to lean on Him.

Jesus is listening to you 24/7.

Jesus is the Friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Always.

"Trey Tuesday" - April 10, 2018

Have You Heard?

Have you listened outside your door lately?  Have you heard the birds singing?

Despite the dreary weather we've been having, the birds are doing what God created them to do!  They are singing!  :)

Trey battled cancer, but Trey never knew it.  He laughed and played and flirted every time he visited his girlfriends/the nurses at Children's Hospital!  He was just doing what God created him to do!  :)

Are you singing?  Are you doing what God created you to do?

"Let everything that has breath, praise the Lord.  Praise the Lord."  Psalm 150:6

"Trey Tuesday" - April 3, 2018

Gold Star!

"You did a great job today!  I am so proud of you!"

When was the last time you heard those words?  How does it make you feel to hear them?  I think we can all use some good news this week....Here is a Gold Star for perseverance, commitment, good attitude, willingness, and team spirit!  :)

Optimism is contagious.  Smiles beget smiles.  And laughter begets laughter.  Just ask Trey's family!  Trey's endless jokes and "deals" and smiles brought such joy to our family!  And the memories and videos carry on that joy!

You may not be a cute, charming, lovable, irresistible, handsome little 5 year old boy, but God has given you YOUR joy to share!  What are you waiting for? :)

"shine among them like stars in the sky as you hold firmly to the Word of life... So you too should be glad and rejoice with me. "  Philippians 2:15,16,18