A Saturday Without Sports!

Yay! Our first Saturday in months with no sports. How relaxing! Zach does have a birthday party though - should be fun for him at Hoots. Steve is opening up his dad's pool - yuk for him - it's windy today and that is a dirty job. But all in all, a nice relaxed day. I have a roast in the crock-pot so we'll have Sunday dinner tonight. Maybe I'll talk Steve into something fun for tomorrow for lunch (instead of me cooking)!

I've been keeping us with Aidan's progress in Oregon. It is so amazing the progress this little boy has made. 3 weeks ago he was in surgery clinging to his life and now, he is in the rehab hospital - starting to eat again, stand, crawl, pick things up, follow commands. God has truly shown compassion on this family and on this little angel. So many people have been praying and pouring out their hearts to God and the saints, and Mary, and whoever would listen to bring complete healing. What a testimony to those with struggling faith. All praise and glory to God!
This incident, although with people I've never met, has taught me so much. The community of believers in this world is alive and well and there for each other. But with Aidan and his family it is easy - they are a beautiful young family. Are we as compassionate with those that may not be as likeable? Those that are different than us? Those that possess different faith or ideology? God loves us all - do I love us all? Probably not.
I've also learned the world is much bigger than my petty problems. Wow, do my little troubles seem so small in comparison. It's actually very good to get away from myself for a change. I am way too focused on me. I hope I am making the change to move away from my selfish desires so much and focus on serving others. I also want to focus on serving others that I may not particularly like. Ew, that's hard. But I feel God is leading me to do this. And to pray daily for others, and not so much my own petitions. I sometimes worry that God may not want to listen to me because of my sinful nature. I heard someone say that God wants to listen to us - even in our filth. Sometimes I feel that way - when I haven't devoted the whole day to him or forget to pray except when I need something or when I totally lose focus about what matters and what really doesn't. When I don't act very Christ-like. God makes all things new. That's a good thing. A very good thing.