Happy Sabbath,
I am thankful for tomorrow and 2018 if the Lord should let me see it.
I am thankful that I could spend another thanksgiving with my family and that the Lord is sorting out a bunch of issues I am going through right now.
First was my tooth. The other week, I bought some candy and decided to munch on some skittles. Now that they are gelatin free, I was going to town on them and managed to crack a large metal filling that is in the back of my mouth from when I was perhaps about 10 years old. I couldn’t chew on that side and ended up scheduling a root canal appointment this week. They were going to charge me over $409 out of pocket and I went in search for my emergency credit cards and could not locate them. I decided to use my main card and when I went to the doctor, I found out that the quote they gave me was not correct and it was actually more for the total (my insurance had changed and the procedure would max out my $1000 deductible). I was advised to get what was scheduled that day which turned out to only be $279, not the $409 I expected to pay. After the new year, the cost for doing the crown would be much lower since I’d be started with a clean slate and the person quoted around $200-$300 for the last of the work. That is better than over $800 if I decided to go with everything before the new year. I had it done and while wearing the rubber dam, it seems to have started a new issue on my other side which has had work done. I am dealing with it and have changed my food consistency to soft chopped (no change for liquids). So no more skittles or popcorn for me.
I am thankful that the card I had could handle the cost. I have racked up a lot of debt on two cards and have been working hard to pay both of them down/off, so this dental procedure is a major set back. I have a third credit card that has no balance on it, but Amex plays tricks with the due dates so I have avoided using it.
Secondly, I am thankful for another chance for my son. I went to the meeting at the school for my son right after my root canal and discussed transferring him to the appropriate program. He starts on Monday. They said that if he has a melt down at school, the staff are trained to handle it (applied behavioral analysis) and they will not send him home. He will be at the new school in the section of the town that I want to buy a house in. He was able to get his flu shot and another immunization done in time this week so I drove over immediately after the transition meeting and dropped off this information with the new school nurse (who had just received his file faxed over from the other school).
I am thankful that I could have five days off from work to get stuff together. Tomorrow, I expect to work with two of my students. I ordered materials online and went to another store and picked up additional materials after thinking the online location was not going to send the books in time. I called the warehouse for the online location and no one answered the phone so they were closed on Black Friday I guess. I was determined to come with professional materials so I stopped by my other childhood music store which relocated closer to me. In going there, my son was able to have his first Daniel Tiger moment like the music man Stan shop episode and he was excited to see all the instruments, music, and bathroom. I was able to purchase a back up Charlie Brown collection book as I misplaced my other one. There are several songs I enjoy playing in the book around Christmas time and I was able to get it 50% off. It was hidden under a bunch of random generic Christmas books and loose sheet music and God knows that I was saying in my heart that I wanted only that book for myself if I could find one anywhere in that store. I was able to buy other materials that go in the series I am using for my students and my son.
I am thankful to have an opportunity to go to church today and to have fellowship with other church members. I received a request from the church’s board to help out with one of the children’s classes. I am concerned about any assignment as I need to make sure my son is not all over the place and being supervised by people I trust. I don’t trust many people so I am always with him.
The last time a church board elected me to do something, Satan came in fast and furious with an attack through the person I was dating and his exgirlfriend. We were feuding with each other and I ended up stepping down because everything was becoming too much. I don’t know how the attack will come. All I know is if I stand up to do anything for the Lord, it will come. Accepting a role no matter how small is not something I take lightly. Even playing for Sabbath school is not a game. All of it needs to be brought before the Lord in regular prayer.
A church member told me that in January, there is going to be a profession of faith ceremony along with electing members to their new roles. I am not a current member of this church despite having attended every week consistently (except for one time when my son was sick) for over a year. Some see me as a member. Others don’t even know my name. I’ve noticed that some started learning my name after they discovered that I could do some useful things. I don’t want to get big headed or lose sight of what is important.
I want my son and I to have the best relationship we could possibly have with Jesus. I want both of us to continue to strive towards excellence in everything we do. People can think what they want to think about us. With the Lord on our side, we can do anything and become anything. We will live in that beautiful house next year. My son will have better control over himself at school. There are so many other things that we both will improve in.
We will trust and God and we will be alright.
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