Editor’s take note: On Dec. 28, 2018, Elaine crossed more than to that Everlasting Shore and her spouse and children, mates and readers are lacking her. The Advocate is reprinting Elaine’s article content.

“Seek ye initial the kingdom of God and all these things shall be included on to you” (Matthew 6:33).

Today I had “a 1st.” I just enjoy very first situations because first instances generally established a document, due to the fact there is no existing document, and initially times make new memories where by no reminiscences have been prior to.

Nowadays was the initially time I had fished off a new pier with the new owners of a new seaside house. The happy new homeowners experienced been shelling out all of their time and vitality finding the new home prepared for habitation and had not had time to have a “first fishing off the new pier” encounter.

The redfish caught off the new pier was a report breaker, becoming as it was the initial redfish caught off the new pier, and we all made a amazing new memory of fishing off the new pier for the reason that there would in no way be a “first fish” caught off that pier once again.

Congratulations, Tom and Carol, on all your new firsts.

Expensive Lord, enable us reside like every new working day with you is a very first so that we can intention for new individual information and make all new recollections of our situations jointly.