Pray for Me

Happy Sabbath

I'm a bit ticked off this hour and it's a situation that needs much prayer.  I had a good week and had no issues out on the road. I had the pleasure of meeting some visitors from Italy from the town that I was almost stranded in. Last week we had a mission story that closely mirrored my experience in Rome and this week the visitor was from Florence. I had gone to Florence on Sunday before taking my trip home Monday and I only stopped there because a friend I made at church recommended I go with the last of my funds. I'm thankful I did.

Yesterday I took my son to see the show Moses at Sight and Sound and it was a beautiful experience.  I was happy to see him interested and paying attention to everything.  He wanted to go to another show and I purchased tickets to the next show which will be in 2024. Yesterday we were pretty much front row. I set it so we would get seats with leg room by the aisle and it was a great decision because the people who sat front row center ended up having stuff falling on them. We were just 5 seats or so shy of getting covered too. I had booked this year's tickets as early as March and if I had waited any longer we wouldn't have had a good spot.

I want to cancel them but I am going to try to work through some things with my son. He was good yesterday but today the levels of disrespect knew no bounds.  I don't know what happened between him going in the door and leaving but his behavior infuriated me to wanting to cancel plans for this weekend. The last straw was him striking my arm. He thinks it is OK to raise his hand to me, call me names and disrespect me and I am back to taking away privileges and fun again. I wanted to do something different tomorrow with him but now I'll just stay home and wash my hair. I can enjoy the day at home. I'm not driving around, taking him to fun places if he is going to do things like this. Tuesday I wanted to try a barbecue at a friend's house but it's going to be a disaster.  He will not be the disaster.  I will not ruin their party.

He told me he doesn't believe that Jesus is real today. Yesterday he lost his phone and stopped to pray for God to help him find his phone. I prayed as well and within one minute I ended up coming across the phone. But also within that minute I heard him doubting that God would help him. I can't make him believe. He is going to have to find out for himself that Jesus is real and I pray God will get through to him soon. It's heart breaking to see this. He disrupts Sabbath school, bullies other children, and is disrespectful to other people. Everything I say bumps up against his head and goes some other way. He hears nothing I have to say.

I have to give this to God. My sister is planning on getting married but it's a homosexual relationship. My dad just turned 82 yet he doesn't accept God's word, God's authority over his life. My mother is bitter and following traditions of men, going through the motions to cope with the consequences of poor choices she made in her life. There is more that could be added to this list.

I need prayer and I don't want to lose my hope.

If you would,  please pray for me.

I'm thankful to be home, healthy, safe. For that I will give God the glory.

Happy Sabbath.