TABITHA & STEPHEN
Tabitha, a true joy in my life will be moving on soon. Her husband, Stephen, is in the service and their family is gearing up to receive his orders to relocate. They are still uncertain where they are headed but one thing seems imminent...they are leaving Southern California.

I am really going to miss my best friend. I know that we will stay in close touch via phone and email...but just the awareness that she won't be physically nearby leaves me sad and grieving.

I thank God for these gentle friends of mine. They are passionate, intelligent and considerate creatures. Stephen was one of the first people to show up the night I began my small group. Tabitha joined our study not long thereafter. Together, we have discussed, debated and embraced what it means to be followers of Jesus Christ. This has created a special bond between us as human beings and for me and Tabitha, a friendship and sisterhood like no other.

This post is for Tab and Stephen. I love you and may God keep you in your travels and protect Stephen as he heads to Iraq.

"So that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge--that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God." Ephesians 3:17-19 NIV