DEACON MICHAEL YAKIR WITH GRANDDAUGHTER AURIA
forty years ago, so I am not complaining. Every time I post a new photo or video my eyes well up because I think of what it must be like to be a parent on the other side of the world from your children knowing that you will be away for over a year.
child, I suspect that part of what he means is that we must be dependent on Him throughout our lives, not on ourselves. Total trust, total dependence on His will. Anything less and our lives will not be as fulfilling; we will not reach our full potential.
uria is a real “chick magnet.” This summer we visited a train display, with real trains, at Union Station. When we were done my wife left me alone with Auria. When she came back she found Auria and I surrounded by a half dozen women all cooing over the baby and asking me all about her. My wife let out a yelp and chased all the women away from me. Now she will not let me alone with the baby in public.
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ne thing I have relearned about having a baby in the house is that if you do not watch out, you will learn a lot about what it means to be a Christian. Think about it, what can a baby do on its own? It cannot clothe itself, it cannot feed itself, it cannot get from one side of the room to another, it cannot even put itself to bed. A baby is totally dependent on its parents for everything. When Jesus says that in order to get into heaven you have to be just like the little
am also reminded how selfish we can be. Too often we think that the world revolves around us. It is all about me and what I want. Not so for the true believer. The disciple of Christ puts himself last and others first. In a willingness to sacrifice what you think is important you will probably find what is really important. Raising a one-year old at age sixty is not a sacrifice; it is a gift. have to go now. I have a date with my granddaughter. We are going to read a book together, play on the floor with a ball, then after a nap for the both of us, we are going to the food court at the mall and we are not telling Grandma where we are going. PAX Deacon Mike. ✞
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