Day 142

I was not raised in a Christian family.  I was raised in a family that believed in God and went to church on special occasions but not much more than that.  I've found this is something that I am leaning to others to teach me how to raise my children in a Christian home.  Going to church on Sundays doesn't cut it in my mind; being a Christian is daily.  So some of the things that we do is we pray at almost all meals; for sure every meal that we sit at the table for we pray before we eat.  Our pray incorporates a memory verse as part of his BG club.  He goes to BG club where he plays with other kids, sings songs, and does crafts all in the spirit of God.  I sing Jacob a Christian song before bed every night; I love hearing him say "sing King".  He knows that the cross is a representation of Jesus and if you ask him who's cross it is he tells you "Jesus cross".  I tell him that there are no such things as monsters and that God is all around to protect him.  He watches veggie tales and quite likes "the tomato".  I was reading him bible stories before but all of my kids bibles didn't seem to really interest him so I had stopped for awhile.  A few nights ago I brought it out again and decided that I wanted to read him the bible again.  I started back at the very beginning and tonight was the second story; Adam and Eve.  Jacob listened so intently and pointed out Adam, the apple, the snake, Eve.  It lead into a much longer story than the book because he asked questions.  So my prayer has been answered and I am raising Jacob in a Christian home; I just needed that reassurance that he was indeed "getting it".  Thanks God!

Day 141

I am so thankful that I live where I do; I truly mean that.  For as much as I complain about the weather I am so happy that I live in Canada, in Alberta, in St. Paul!  Today is Family Day in Alberta and that means a holiday.  A holiday to celebrate family; how fabulous is that?!  To live in a province that promotes family so much so that we have a holiday for it!  People say that Albertans are busy people and are fast paced but that we have a holiday to celebrate family really does show where are roots are.  Thanks God for where I am!

Day 140

Have you ever heard a song that moved you to tears?  Have you ever been in a situation and for whatever reason you are overcome with emotion and are in tears?  I have.  It sometimes happens in church.  I stand in awe looking at this wooden cross tied with rope and it's roughness and look at where Jesus died for my sins so that I may have everlasting life in heaven.  Today in church a woman in front of me was in tears, she wasn't sobbing by any means but I noticed the continually wiping of the edge of her eyes and then her daughter, maybe 8 or so saw the same as I.  The daughter went out and then came back and gave her mother tissues that she had gone to the bathroom to get for her mom.  Then she just kept watching her mother moved to tears.  The daughter probably was a little confused but was kind enough to understand that all her mom needed right now was tissue, not questions, but love and compassion, the tissue may seem like not a big deal but really it is.  That this little girl just knew that she needed to do something to help her mom right then and did so almost moved me to tears.  The way the daughter looked at her mother in love is truly God's gift.  Thanks God for your love.

Day 139

Jacob was bit on the cheek by my dog the other night.  I was worried that it had become infected and that I made the wrong decision not taking him to the hospital that night.  The reason that I didn't take him in was actually because I was worried I was going to pass out, and I thought that was riskier to drive than to try going and getting it looked at.  I patched it up myself and then kept cleaning it each day.  Today we went to the hospital and saw the doctor.  Yes unfortunately the wound was infected so he was put on antibiotics but the good news was that the doctor said that they wouldn't have stitched it so yes I probably should have gone that night but everything was going to be okay now that we had antibiotics.  Thank you God for directing me to make part of the right decision.

Day 138

A friend asked me if I wanted to go out tonight.  I am so thankful to have some great friends that I was able to leave Jacob with.  People that he thinks of as aunty and uncle and his cousins.  I dressed him up in his pj's and took him over to hang out until I was done and would pick him up after.  To my surprise I got a phone call while I was out and they offered to keep Jacob overnight so I was able to even sleep in in the morning if I wanted to!  This is a very nice little gift from the kindness of my friends hearts!

Day 136

Tonight was the first meeting for next New Year's Eve!!!  I know early but we decided that it was better to meet once a month throughout the year to do any extra stuff that could be done in advance.  We had a great meeting and we all seem to always agree on all decisions, even when we think we might not all agree we end up agreeing!  What a blessing it has to meet with these women and form this group and work for the greater cause together.  Thanks God for each other, the time together and our agreeableness!

Day 135

Jacob has been going to speech for almost a year now and I've prayed that his speech would catch up and that one day I would finally hear, "he's done we're closing the file."  Well today my prayers are that much closer to being answered.  We have an appointment on March 4th for an assessment because they aren't sure what more to teach/do with him so they are thinking it might be time to close the file!!!!!  Thank you GOD!