Just realized.....

......something through my friend Amy . Funny how hard it can be sometimes to connect the dots! Here goes:
On Sunday, we had baptism in our Church. We are involved in a Church-body which seems to be the only or one of few growing churches in this VERY secular part of Sweden, so a Baptism is really huge!

He had no family present to join him in this happy occasion, which reminded me of the time we presented Albin for Dedication in our Church in Geneva, Il. It was just us. No family. No one to celebrate with afterwards.  I felt very sad that time.  SO, in case he would do the same, (and because he happens to be really great guy) we had him over for lunch on Sunday, together with three other families, one had planned to come, and the two others came along, just because. Wonderful. So a celebrational, spontaneus lunch together at our house today. Love it.

In Geneva Switzerland we lived like this most of the time. Specially for Sunday lunches. A bunch of us would go out to lunch or go to someones house and cook together. But not once did it happen in the US, not on a Sunday.

I made a comment on Facebook about Sunday's events, and my friend Amy (who is indeed American) replied to my comment that if it never happened like this in the US that  wasn't very unexpected, because Americans are not very spontaneus often times as it doesn't fit into their busy schedule. The more I think about that statement, the more it makes sense! So very true! I know few people who are so busy as Americans!

Funny because Sundays sermon was on time-management. And the challenge was to liberate time to be able to act when God prompts us to be there for others, or whatever it might be.  A very valuable lesson, to liberate time, to not keep a so busy schedule that there is no time to listen, to be there, to act.

Again, I am not complaining, just reflecting. Please, if you do take offense, I appologize. Deeply.