Thankful For Kite strings and Other Good Things

Happy Sabbath,

I had a good week and a great day at church today. I thank God for keeping me safe out on the road, focused during my meetings, and to spend quality time with my son.

I thank God for helping me to get to my appointments without needing to use a navigation system. I tried this for two days with places that are not easy and He helped me to get there and back home with no problems.

He helped my son to behave himself at school on friday. He's been a bit aggressive toward other classmates when he feels like he should get the next turn or should possess something. He is too young to be pushing people or kicking his classmate in the head (yes he did this somehow) and I have been working on tweaking my discipline process to get this under control. If I get bad reports from school or if he is continually disobedient in any other setting, he is then required to sit in time out for 15 minutes.  He cooperates with this and listens better after his timeouts.

I am thankful for an opportunity to participate in the music ministry at church. The main pianist comes to church late because she has knee issues so when she is not there, I enjoy being able to fill in for Sabbath school.

I have been wanting to find movies and activities for my son on Sabbath and I thank God for helping me to find a movie that he can enjoy but also is about Noah's ark and the creatures He made. The theme is forgiveness (although not perfectly accurate), its just great to have to keep his focus where it should be.

On sunday, my son flew a kite for the first time. I flew one along side him (my last time doing so was when i was 4 years old too. We went again later in the week and it was so much fun. I am thankful for the beautiful parks that are available in my home town. We explored a deeper part of the forest that i never walked and i am excited about nature again. I took one day to fast this week and it made a good difference in how i functioned for the latter half. I have been doing news reading, watching, game overload. I will add eating to this as well. I did eat later that day, but i decided to read the Bible and not listen to the radio or connect with all the stuff that is put there like i usually do.

I thank Jesus for all of these things and pray that you too have a wonderful new week with Him.