Seven

It occurred to me several years ago, that Heavenly Father's favorite number must be seven. As we know, the Earth was created in seven days. In Egypt, during the time of Joseph, there were seven years of plenty and seven years of famine. In the Book of Revelation, I'd be willing to guess that the number seven is the most commonly occurring number, with mention made of seven churches, seven angels, seven candlesticks, seven stars (you get the idea). Jesus even commands us to forgive seventy times seven (a parable teaching us that we must always forgive, but still. . the use of sevens!).

I have a certain affinity for the number seven as well and, this week, I have had the opportunity to experience many things in sevens.

Each morning I have woken to seven smiling faces, anxious for the adventures of a new day.

Seven servings of chocolate chip pancakes with seven cups of cold milk


Seventy wiggly toes on seven sets of feet


Seven personalities all different from each other

Seven little people having fun with one another


Seven peanut butter and jelly sandwiches


Seven sets of smiles and laughter (and some tears and frowns too)


Seven baths = seven, sweet smelling, huggable babies

Seven sets of snuggly pajamas fresh from the dryer (yummy)


One bedtime story read to seven eager children

Seven little prayers are said

Seven little kisses bestowed upon seven sleepy little heads

One happily messy playroom tells the tale of another day, where seven amazing children all played the day away!


Thank you, Stacey, for giving me a taste of seven this week! And I must agree with the Lord on this one. . .seven is quite a fantastic number!

The extra two kids belong to my friend, Stacey, whose husband had surgery several hours from home this week. Don't worry, we wouldn't have added two more children without sharing the good news!