November 22, 2009

Well for the daily blog readers you probably noticed I missed a day and still didn't blog till 11 the next night, that is how busy I have been since I laid my head down Friday night.
Yesterday we got over to mom's about 11am, we played with Haidyn all day but mostly I prepped the guest bedrooms, baths and help get them cleaned up for company with them. They are officially Thanksgiving guest ready! Karen Shaw came over for a quick visit and brought them the best chicken lasagna and salad and bread. We have truly been blessed with the christian family that prays like you do.
Haidyn rode in her sling awake through most of the grocery shopping for the list we made yesterday. I know people thought I was crazy telling this little head with wide brown eyes every thing I picked up and put in the cart next to her curious eyes at the store but as tired as I feel I needed to talk to someone or I will fall asleep- haha. She fell asleep and slipped back out of sight in the checkout line; we weren't the only ones there today! Once we got to mom's I unloaded then we checked our list twice. What fun we've had just in the anticipation of everybody being together Thanksgiving. We are so thankful!
Today the sermon by Tom Alexander was tough because it is so much easier to say "Woe is me; God has forsaken me because of this circumstance or another." His lesson was on Psalms 100. Its a good read. The one thing that stood out to me is that our God is faithful. Just like a marriage contract- for better or worse you will faithfully have a loving spouse. God is faithful to the promises he gives us and we are in turn commanded to trust in Him and be thankful for all our gifts. The devotional for today was also about thankfulness also. It said God always plants the seed for blessings throughout our day but only when we walk in the light in peace that if we follow him will we be able to acknowledge the blessing rather than be in control of the outcomes and circumstances of life.
We have so much to be thankful for. All the horror stores and most honestly the truth for side effects in other patients that were VERY undesirable, mom has not suffered. This second round of Taxil has thinned her hair but she's still got her spunk :) As I cleaned and made beds yesterday she kept trying to come help me. I finally told her, "... take it to the couch and play with Haidyn or we were going to fight because she was insulting my teacher of domestic necessities by trying to help a capable willing volunteer." I finally just pulled her up a rocker and let her come SIT in the room I was in so she didn't miss anything. We had a good time and I know she feels confident that everything is done now that the house is ready and the groceries are bought and she is rested. I am really looking forward to having everyone together and cooking Thanksgiving together. We have so much to be thankful for.
I wish you all the best Thanksgiving week; it will be very busy for us. For those that feel like there is something about your season that just doesn't seem fair or thankful this family understands but....think again:) My mom has the best attitude. She is truly humbled by the acts of love and volunteers for service. She and Ken have said countless times how many kind words, emails, cards, small prayer tokens, text messages, phone calls, comments on the blog, prayers lifted and blessings recieved have humbled them and overwhelmed them. I concur! This family has a LOT to be thankful for, we just look harder for those blessings daily through prayer and real deliberations to walk in the light of faith in God's faithfulness to acknowledge them all because the devil is tempting us with fear constantly. I pray that God will keep the devil's fear away and continue to shower us all with peace in his faithful as we grow closer in our walk with him and each other over this holiday.