Oh to be right!

I sense a "gloating" sort of feeling coming out of Chicago....and I feel it all the way here in East Tennessee...and all over a $20 bill! For those of you who don't know, the lesson for today is on twenty dollar bills and Jackson is on the twenty for the record. It has been confirmed. Oh Gregory....you'll be wrong one of these days and I will remind you that you are!! trust me!!! tee hee

Yesterday was a long day, but good. We got up and went to the farmer's market and to
Jonesborough Days ( remember, the kids were at Grandma's). We scooted over to VA for a cookout at 1:00 only to find that something had snatched my youngest son's personality and had taken up residence in his little body. Remember Bethanne's comments on her children in the store? Let me tell you, I may have one up on her . Nothing pleased him, he cried, I punished, he cried, I sighed, he griped, I punished, he cried , I contemplated jumping off a bridge. "this too shall pass" I said to myself. Today he is back with us in body and spirit. Praise the Lord!!!

I get a lump in my throat during election years. I hate to come off as a "know it all"....I don't know it all, but I Know the ONE who does. When I vote I have to consider how the Lord principals fit into all this. I miss my dad..such a man of principal. I get aggravated when I talk with other Christians who seem to vote according to the "purse strings only" and not with conviction. There is no perfect candidate. I hate to burst any bubbles....sometimes it comes to the lesser of two evils. I states to someone I love very much that I couldn't vote for a certain person based on many thing...and the sanctity of life issue was one of them. The comment was "they don't have anything to do with that!"????? Not even worth arguing with them....breaks my heart. One voice does make a difference and it does matter...it does it does it does. I want to rise up and "preach" and then I get a sense of quietness in my spirit that does not come from me. I know even as Christians there may be minor things that we disagree on even in politics, but when God makes it clear how he feels on issues like marriage , family, morals, etc. etc., how can we do otherwise???? I am praying for wisdom . Everything we do is about HIM, not about ME, not about YOU, but about HIM. I pray we use our God given senses to study out and see what God does care about.

Whew...got that off my chest.

I had extended session today..ie: taking care of kids while parent's are in the service. It's not my week, but I switched with a girl who was going on vacation. Not a bad week, just a lot of diapers, alot of singing, and a lot of reassuring that mommy would be back.

Have I ever told you how much I love our Pastor in a Christ like sense? He warms my heart to hear him preach the truth. He shared this clip today in church. I almost couldn't contain myself for wanting to shout "preach preach"! This is my heart desire...to have eyes to see the needs of other beyond myself....really...isn't that what Christ would do???