2001-09-13 - 10:44 a.m. - God Bless America, Land that I love

Well, there is some slightly good news out of this terribly tragic week. The girls’ school has really gone all out to teach & encourage patriotism. Yesterday, they passed out flags to all the kids and hung flags all over, and Rebekah came home saying the Pledge of Allegiance. In fact, they did such a good job teaching her that she really didn’t mis-speak any of the words. Natalie was trying to say it as well. This has really been a rallying thing with the people around me. I’m sure it will go down in history, much like Texas’s “Remember the Alamo!” I have seen people all around me also turning to God for solace. I got this link in my e-mail box at work from a co-worker.

DH is lobbying for us to go to the country this weekend, at least I think he is. He called saying his mom had asked if we had decided if we were going or not. It was the first I’d heard about it, and thought that maybe she meant that if they weren’t needed they wanted to go. In all honesty, it doesn’t interest me. The condition of the yard prevents the girls from actually playing outside any, and the toys are limited, and it’s not much larger than our house, just laid out a little differently. The last time we went, DH laid around on the bed the whole time, or sat in front of the TV, and I was left to try to keep the girls from getting into all of his Grandmother’s stuff, or getting in the ant beds or just generally trying to corral them. When I expressed my frustration with the way things happened last time, he got all huffy and hung up. So I’m not sure if he wants to go and is upset that I’m not interested, or if he’s upset that I was disenchanted with his behavior last time.

On another note, have any of you read Revelations 18? My dad pointed it out to us last night. It could certainly be applied, but as it is out of the order of things, I’m doubtful this is The End.

The house is in God’s hands. In light of everything else this week, I can’t sit around feeling sorry for myself. It’s a big disappointment, yes, but if it happens, then so be it. If not, I trust God to have a better plan in store. I don’t understand it. But I have just about accepted it. My scripture today is II Timothy 1:12 “I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.” The thought for the day “Faith is not belief without proof, but trust with out reservation.”

Until next time…