You are forgiving and good...

You are forgiving and good, O Lord, abounding in love to all who call to you. Psalm 86:5

You are good, and what you do is good; teach me your decrees. Psalm 119:68

I have to confess…my attitude stinks this week.  It’s rainy; we have lots to do, and not enough hours in the day.  We have a BIG fundraiser coming up this weekend.  Lot’s still left to do for it.  We are also behind on school work because my daughter got sick last week, so we are also trying to play catch up.  We home school, and I have questioned that decision we made two years ago so many times this week, with all my “to do” list and Anna lee being the one that has come in second, when she should be first.  I had to cook Wednesday night supper last night for 50 plus people, and then deliver to our widows that we take meals to each week.  All this, on top of the fundraiser stuff still left to do before weekend.  Let’s just say I have had a nasty attitude and a pity party for myself with all my “to dos” and not enough time.  Well, Praise the Lord he finally got a hold of me and my nasty attitude this morning, before I allowed it to spread any further.  In the midst of delivering meals to some very precious people of our church yesterday the Lord started melting my heart.  As we pulled up to one of the sweetest couples in our church I hear from my daughter in the back seat, “I want to go in and check on him.”  “Him” is a man that I guess is in his late sixties early seventies.  He is crippled and has special shoes that help him walk.  He has been sick so many times in the past year, that he should probably be in Heaven by now, but his will is so strong and his smile is even stronger.  He greeted us with that wonderful smile of his, and I watched for 10 minutes as my daughter loved on him and talked and shared with him and his wife.  Some scripture came to mind…”Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.” Galatians 6:10  Once again here is my daughter teaching me to slow down and focus on what really matters, serving my Lord with HIS attitude…not my nasty attitude that I was having.  Then we went on to another precious lady’s home, whom I have so much love and respect for.  As we sat down, as she always makes me, Anna Lee climbs in her lap, nestles her head against her chest and sits there for the entire time we were there.  Normally my child is flipping in her living room which is filled with LOTS of breakable things; normally she is stealing diet mountain dews out of the fridge or chicken nuggets out of the freezer.  We go to take her dinner and my child wrecks her house and eats her food, but on this day she knew our special friend just needed to hold her, and she let her.  Once again my precious angel is teaching me that all my “to dos” don’t matter.  That our servant hood is what matters, that our attitude is in tune with what God expects from us, not man, and certainly not our “to do” list is what matters.  So, school or no school this week the student becomes the teacher and the teacher has to ask the ULTIMATE TEACHER for forgiveness.  And if all that wasn’t enough…let me tell you what my Heavenly Father did next.  As we got up to leave, my precious friend takes out her checkbook and hands me a check for our sweet baby in Haiti.  It was just a little amount, but the meaning behind it overwhelmed me, and that little amount represented so much more than the monetary amount that was written on that check.  THEN, as I got to church my husband handed me another check from our Youth.  They had been taking up money in a water jug for two years for orphans.  When we started collecting the change two years ago, there were not four families in our church engaging in the journey of adoption.  We were just led to help out orphans in any way we could.  Fast forward two years later and now there are four families in our church led to add to their families through adoption.  Well that little change bucket added $500 dollars to EACH of our adoption accounts this week.  That changed bucket collected $2000 dollars for just a time we would all need it most.  So far with the fundraiser coming up this weekend we have raised over $2000 and the event hasn’t even taken place yet.  LET ME JUST SAY THIS…When there is nothing good in me MY HEAVENLY FATHER IS GOOD.  He is forgiving, and He is GOOD.  He shows His children Mercy and He is GOOD.  YOU, LORD ARE GOOD, and WHAT YOU DO IS GOOD.  God, teach me your decrees, teach me your ways.  I will be careful to give YOU all the Glory.

Thank you to our students at Valley Creek Baptist Church.  Your hearts for us OVERWHELM me!  Thank you to my widows who give so much back to me than I ever do to you!  Thank you to our Senior Adults in our Church that truly teach us what it means to serve the Lord for entire lifetimes.  Thank you to my sweet Anna lee for reminding me what really matters.  Thank to my Lord and Savior for extending Mercy and Grace! When there is nothing good in me YOU ARE GOOD!