Early Morning Thoughts
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By Kerry Snyder in General Published: Saturday, 20 October 07 - 07:11 AM (GMT -07:00) Last Updated: Saturday, 20 October 07 - 08:02 AM (GMT -07:00) |
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I have to say, that Robin has done an awesome job with Caleb. I know that they've had a couple of late nights and she has been so patient and caring with him. All last week I was sick, and not wanting mom or baby to get sick, I got the luxury of my own room. Still not feeling super, but Robin's dad is in town, so it's back to our room for me. And what a welcome back. This was officially dad's first all-nighter. Caleb, for some unknown reason, would not sleep. He was nice and fed, warm, but not tired. And the only time he wouldn't cry, was when we would hold or rock him. ALL NIGHT. So here's Caleb and dad, 5:30 this morning going for a stroll around the neighborhood. So now, he's finally out at 6:16 am, but I'm up. I don't think this kind of behavior deserves a trip to the pumpkin patch with Grandpa today!
So since I'm up, here's what's going through my mind:
- Schilling needs to pull out a remake of game 6 of the 2004 ALCS. I say if people want to believe the bloody sock was fake, let's give them a reason to. That would really mess with the tribes heads...Schill comes out with a bloody sock on...Epic. Just for good luck, I'm wearing my red sox today.
- I'm beginning to realize the gentleness and patience that God shows to me most of the time. It took every fiber of me not to just want to be frustrated and angry tonight, constantly wondering..."WHY CAN'T YOU JUST GO TO SLEEP!" But a small calm voice kept reminding me to be patient and gentle. I've learned alot in these 3 short weeks already.
- We're taking Caleb to the Pumpkin Patch today. It's kind of our fist big family outing, and it will be good to have Robin's dad there, as he doesn't get to see Caleb all that often.
- I've been really excited to go through the book of Ephesians with our students over at burn. Last week was the background on Ephesus, the place, the people, etc... But I came at it a little differently in the challenge to the High School students. I read the letter to the church at Ephesus from Revelation ch. 2 and talked about how the church had forgotten it's first love, and in order to get back to that place, they needed to repent (to change their direction) and do the things they did at first, when they first came to Christ. I compared it to doing all those stupid little things we do when we first fall in love with somebody, we go out of our way to show them we love them. Then, we go out for a while, or we're married a couple years, and it just gets easy to be lazy in showing your love. That's how it is with Christ. We are passionate about Him and our relationship when we first come to Him. We pray, read our bibles, our words about Him are passionate and frequent. But then, we get to comfy, we become complacent. I challenged the students to do what it says in Revelation, remember the lives Christ called them from, then to change their direction, and do the things they did at first, or if they're just investigating Christ, to do some of those things, see what happens. It's been a huge thing in my life this week. Remembrance. God wants us to remember things, especially who we were, or who we could be, without Him. Remember, then change directions, and do the things you did when you first fell in love. This week it's onto Ch. 1, with all that in mind. Should be a great series.
- Yes, Caleb has been up a couple times as I wrote this. Now he's really up. I got to go. Pray for this child.
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