Chloe, Mara, and I had a nice morning at church. It was great to be greeted by Judy, who said she was just praying for me earlier in the morning. When the girls were dismissed to childrens church, I thought it was sweet of my student, Marissa, to come and sit by me so that I wasn't alone. The message was similar to our message of TJ's party, putting on kindness, humility, passion, gentleness, and patience (Colossians 3:12). They spoke about how God says we are already holy and dearly loved and about the Hebrew word, Tshuva, which means return home, and how we need to come back to the original, pure, whole, clean, saintly person God designed us to be. We went to Incredible Pizza, and it was great to see Leyria, Jimmy, Jonna, Jade, the Christens including Liliya, Porkchop, Ellie, Draven, and Seven, Mary, Tyse, Erica, Janet...Draven was being really lovey with me, and GGB said that's what it's all about, love, compassion, unity. This reminded me of Trevor Hall's song about coming together around a table, just you and me, no more they and we...and of another verse from this morning, John 17:11 They will be one with eachother, just as you and I are one. I was a little disappointed that my mom, sister, cousin, grandma...didn't want to come to church, but I can't take it personally, and I just have to know that I invited them, and pray that they will seek Him out in time. Draven gave me a Best Friends bracelet that he won, and Mara and Jonna were very close friends there. It bothers me when other people make excuses for my children to not hugging and talking to their guests when I am asking them to, and I'm trying to teach them to be social, expressive, and communicative, and my adult relatives are enabling them to be selfish and hurtful because there are so many games that they want to go play. I saw other parents there allowing their children to climb up on the ski ball game, pout, wander off, and demand more. I pray that parents take control of raising up their kids the way God wants them to be trained. It was fun to meet Liliya, see Jimmy and Jonna's ultrasound picture, and play "chinese yo yo" with Bill. I was disappointed that my mom and Dave were more interested in playing mini golf and watching a musical by themselves than playing with the kids and getting to know their friends. We all had some good laughs though about the shape of the ice-cream. Jonna's birthday is on Tuesday, so John made her a little plate of poop shaped ice cream too :) I talked to Marge on the phone on the drive to Des Moines, and she said that she doesn't spend a lot of time with Marty because she's always so negative and complaining about her money problems and health. I pray that Marty starts to see blessings and realizes that so many people have so many more financial and health problems than she does. I am going to give an old student of mine, Sierra Ferneau, a call sometime and see if she and her kids want to come over and play sometime. Her daughter, Eva, and Mara have gotten to be friends just from the last two times at First Friends. I bumped into a gal named Janine who works at the high School and knows my mom, and I really enjoy her and hope that we get together sometime. Well, everyone is napping, and I think I might run over to Charlotte's and meet little Alina. I pray that Charlotte can stay home with the baby for quite awhile, that Jenny Walters enjoys her new job, that Lorena and Jimmy, Jonathan and Patrick find work, and that we teach our children good work ethic at a young age so that when they become independent they have the skills to live on their own, work hard for their money, and use it wisely because they understand how hard they worked to earn it, and that it wasn't just handed to them on a silver plate. I pray that Erica's dizziness, tiredness, and haziness go away, that Grandma Mary's stomach problems get resolved, and that I take time to write a note to Grandpa Bill and others who are grieving. I am thankful that I don't have to hope that I am in that number when the saints go marching in because I know that God has already created me saintly in His eyes and that I am worthy and loved and called to do His work on earth bringing a piece of peace to everyone I see. I pray that I will leave everyone and every place better than how I found it.
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