Sunday Special

Things have been busy around here lately. Blogging was not on my top ten list of things to complete each day and as far as that list goes most days I barely made it to number 5. The kids have all been in school for over a month now and the first progress report came home and all I can say is my kids rock. The grades were superb. M is adjusting to kindergarten and I can see her improving emotionally each week. My middle school child has had some growing pains but we are working through it but there again in spite of his need to be "one of the boys" his grades are still outstanding. I felt really good the other day when he came home and told me that he had some issues with his behavior at school before the school had the chance to tell me about it....I have tried to instill in him that the power of sin is in secrecy. All things eventually come to light. When our sins are not hidden then they dont take root in our heart and control our lives and future actions. He came home and told me what happened. Nothing major really and we worked it out. I am proud of him.
This coming week is a huge court week for us. I would rather endure hemmoroid surgery without the benfit of an anesthetic than to go to court but these 3 hearings are very important. One is to determine the amount of time someone will spend in jail for the crime he committed against his child. In my mind I cant think of any amount of time he might sit in jail that would make up for the things he did to his child but I am not the judge. It will be handled by a judge in a court room for the next 2 days and then his fate will be decided. I thought about him tonite and wondered what he was feeling tonite. I am sure he is scared....but there is a judge that will meet him one day that he needs to be far more concerned about than the one who decide his fate tomorrow. I dont hate him...I hate what he did to his child....may God have mercy on his soul. I pray he finds Salvation in the more true form.
The second trial is to decide the fate of 2 of my other children. I am pretty confident that I already know whats going to take place. The boys have been with me almost 4 years. I feel a sense of sadness for the parents of these children but there again she failed to follow through with what she needed to do to make a safe home for the boys. These boys are older. They remember a lot of things that happened in their early life. They know the kind of life they have now and they dont want to leave. I cant say that I blame them.
As far as both court hearings go I can just say this....a decision has already been made I am sure. God knows what that decision is. He will show us what it is very soon. The boys are worried and I have told them not to be. We will just put it in Gods hands and everything will be ok.
R is the newest member of our house. He came to us back in the summer and I was told to expect a storm from him. I can say he has been a wonderful addition to our home. He came to us from an abusive foster home and had some trouble learning to trust us but now he acts like someone who has been here forever. I am proud that he is here.
The kids all went to church this morning and I so seldom ever miss church but this morning I let my husband ecort the entire little brood to sunday school and I decided to stay home and cook a huge country dinner for the family. It was a lot of fun. The house was deadly quiet and I started cook at 9am and didnt stop until the kids walked back in the door at 1pm. The look on their faces made it all worth while. We all sat around the table and ate and laughed and talked and ate some more. When all was said and done and we could barely move I noticed something....the older children got up from the table and began cleaning up the dishes and kitchen. I leaned over to my husband and asked him if he told them to do that...he said no. I asked them why they were doing that...and the oldest of our family looked at me and said "just sit back and relax mom we got this." And thats exactly what I did.
I hope we can always have special sunday memories like we made today.