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10月8日 Sorry for the time away.I’ve recently received a furrowed brow for not maintaining my postings here. I have had moments of inspiration to write something but curiously they were fleeting. I would like to think I’m disciplined but recently I’ve found myself a bit adrift. An uncommon sensation for me. I’ve been thinking I should stop ignoring my drifting and give thought to some remedies. One remedy is to write this post.
To get everyone up to date: We spent the summer working around our kids activities. They attended church camp together for a week and Lexy went to a Tennessee Christian University with her church friends for a week long education and fun program. Beyond these it seemed like every other week they had a trip to six flags or a church picnic or some other event with school or church friends. This schedule juggling lasted through mid July when we had to leave town to attend a Smith Family reunion in Gettysburg Pennsylvania. In August the girls would return to school and we needed take a trip to Nashville to pack and sort Linda’s mother’s belongings before they did. So we extended our time in the north east and took the girls to D.C. and to Linda’s home town during her teenage years in Maryland.
Over this time a few things have occurred that might make a good subject of a future post.
On the ALS front I changed to a different alternative treatment program in early summer and purchased a dry sauna.
The Smith family reunion was in a spectacular location and it was interesting to learn how everyone’s lives are progressing.
The first BOY called the house over the summer. I’m still annoyed, upset, not dealing with it well and suspect I am headed for a fight that I’m sure I will lose.
As if the Smith household needed more to deal with, teenage-ness manifested it self at full throttle, fueled by all its weirdness.
Unanswered Prayers IVThe last one is from a Deacon in AZ who just finished preaching school
God did answer the prayers. He just had something else in mind. God always knows best. He has the very best in mind for us at all times, even when it may not look like it.
When Jesus prayed for another way in the garden, God knew best. Our prayers don't always get answered the way we think they should. That usually is because were not thinking the way God does. This is not our home and too often we think it is.
This is where we fall short as the created, if we only could comprehend what it is really like on the other side. I don't think we would be asking God to keep someone on this earth when on the other side the best life possible is happening. We settle for the Cracker Jack prizes and God has the 100,000,000,000. prize waiting for us. Life just doesn't make sense if we don't have heaven as our focus. Our hope is to be with God and Ursula just received here golden ticket to go ahead of us. One day though we will be united and what a wonderful day that will be. I am ready for my ticket are you? I can't wait to live with God how about you?
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