Today's kind of a good vs evil day.
Event-wise, it's the 9th anniversary of my girls' adoption. September 22, 1998, I walked into a courtroom and promised to be their mother forever. That's the good.
Sadly, September 22, 1998 and every September 22 from 1972 until now has been The Bear's birthday. I sit here stressing out with the ever-present busy life of a mother of four and I wonder what in the heck HE's doing tonight. That's the evil.
Then there's the usual battle of flesh vs spirit. The "I do the things I don't want to do but don't do the things I want to do" that Paul so well documented in Romans. Always good (God's spirit in me) versus evil (my sinful nature).
And then there's some funny stuff I've been thinking of. How some people just drag us down into their own dramas and misery and bad habits and whatnot, and then how some people lift us up closer to our Father. Lately I have felt so good, spending time (on the skype anyway) with people who lift us up.
We may venture out to church in the morning. We need to find a church. We will see.
2 comments:
Hey - keeping up with your blog as usual and just wanted to say Im really glad to hear you sounding happy-ish-er :) Lemme skype with you guys sometime, Ill play you all a song on my clarinet ;)
Anyways, just saying hi and good you are happy and ... things are really good here, too :)
I like to think that it is your nature to be a good person. Regardless of where the good in you comes from, I am glad it is there. Blondie Bird and the chickling agree.
We <3 you.
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