Have you ever had one of those days? You know the kind, things just don't click, or they don't run smoothly, problems keep happening, your dog threw up on your carpet, your kids threw up on your carpet, someone moved or left. For some reason, things just aren't right.
When I have days like that (like today), I find things to make me laugh. I try to sit by my funny friends, I read my daughter's blog (because I think she is the funniest person in the world... besides her brother. But even then, when the two of them get together... he bleeds!! ). I watch funny movies...whatever it takes to change my mood. Occasionally, I will happen across a song that will get my toes to tappin' and then I'm transported to a better place. That happened to me this evening. I came across a blog with a song...and not a song I was expecting. I snickered and smiled all the way through it. It was a rather tongue-in-cheek selection and it tickled me. I sure hope the author of the site meant for it to be taken that way! If not, I think I need some counseling!
My group met this evening and we have gone from 4 to 5. I think we may have a 6th one join us for a couple of weeks. They are all girls in their 20's and we are having a good time getting to know each other and sharing prayer requests, problems, and then spending time discussing things like what is means to "deny self." Lately, that phrase "deny self" has taken on a new meaning. Denying self can mean many different things, but it boils down to 1) not doing something even when you really want to, OR 2) doing something you really don't want to. It can go both ways. We spent quite a bit of time discussing how doing the right thing is never easy. But it is the right thing. We confessed how sometimes we don't want to do the right thing, even though it is the right thing. I think about David. He was a man after God's own heart. He saw a woman bathing on a rooftop. He wanted her. He found out who she was, plotted to get her, manuvered her husband to fight the enemy on the front lines where he was eventually killed. He got the woman. Out of this union came the son of God. David's life was filled with heartache because of his relationships with his sons... but he loved God until the day he died.
I need to remember that when I am struggling with sin in my life.
Now on a completely different note: TODAY IS BRANDON'S BIRTHDAY!!!!! My son is 24 years old. I miss him so much! I did get to speak to him today and he sounded very happy. Jennifer, Eva, and Torin are doing well and life seems stable for the moment. I am hoping to visit them sometime at the end of the summer or the first of fall. We'll see. I have so many Brandon stories to share but my all time favorite has to do when he was 3 and loved to strip all his clothes off before he would go to the bathroom. Regardless of whether it was #1 or #2, the clothes came off. There is a whole portion of this story that is hysterically funny, but I will save it for another time. I am getting sleepy.
Take care, dear royal readers. I know there are some of you out there that I haven't seen in a very long time... so take care of yourself. Remember that you are thought of daily and missed as well. Have a restful sleep and I'll see you back here again soon.
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