The Hankie...and More

I gave this hankie to my Jr. High Sunday School teacher as a Christmas gift back years and years ago. When she opened the little gift she said she would keep it and when I got married she would return it to me so I could carry it on my wedding day.

She did and I carried it along with the Bible my mom carried on her wedding day.

Little things like that mean a lot to me and I hope to pass both the Bible and the hankie on to my girls so they can carry them and know the stories that go along with them. And maybe they will pass them on to their girls...and so on...

My Jr. High Sunday School teacher, Jacki, went to be with the Lord yesterday. I was shocked when I read the news and so I went to her son's face book page to send a note.

While I was there I started reading the words of encouragement left by many...

So many of them where from girls, like me, who had been in Jacki's class over the years. As I read I was struck by the mark this woman left on so many girls lives.

Jacki had no daughters, only sons but there are women today in many different stages of life who bring with them little nuggets of Truth...

Truth they learned in Jacki's class...

That is an amazing gift.

So thank You Jackie, your years of service to Christ are a gift to many.

And my girls will know you through the wisdom you shared with me...

And through a hankie.

I Peter 1:3-9
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who by God's power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith - more precious than gold that parishes though it is tested by fire - may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.