Just back from a four-generation, family birthday celebration for my very special, God-fearing father-in-law, Henry Kamp, who turned 88 this week. Here I caught him in a moment of contemplation as he looked out over dozens of his children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, and no doubt was also thinking of all those who could not join us. I think I could read his mind: “Why and how has the Lord blessed me and my family so much when I am so unworthy of His covenant mercies? Who am I, O LORD God? And what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?” (2 Sam. 7:18).
