A little catching up

A belated wish: Happy Birthday Kris! two days late. I love you. We'll have to have another party sans spending all day out in the heat, on your feet.

A prayer request: Please pray for my mother. She has been in the hospital in Houston for 8 days. She is having terrible pain in her right side, down the inside right leg to the knee, where it switches over to the outside of the leg the rest of the way. She has had a bunch of tests and the doctors still do not know what the source of the pain is.

So, yes, we've had better Mother's Day celebrations in our family.

The latest Jeremiah funny: Waiting in line to drop JT off this morning at preschool, I aksed him if he remembered calling me into his room at 3:45 this morning. He said he did and we talked about it for a minute. He was frustrated that I did not stay there after he went back to sleep. So, he tells me that he never really goes to sleep. We argued about that for a minute and he says, "I never really go to sleep. I'm more nocturnal."

I guess you had to be there. Its just funny to hear a five year old use the term nocturnal. He's a trip.

A lesson that: God reminded me of today. I've been pondering Hell lately. I've been thinking that I really don't want anyone to go there. I mean, eternity is a really long time to be punished for 70 or 80 years of rebellion. I've been a little frustrated that God would not find another way to deal with people who reject him (I know in my head that He is only giving them what they want, but it makes my heart sad). I've also, wondered what lengths I would go to, to keep people out of Hell.

So, in the truck this morning with JT, God puts a song on the radio. The main line was something like, "I could never love the world like you do, now that I have a son of my own." Wow, that's good! I mean as much as I don't want people to go to Hell, I wouldn't let them kill either of my boys to set them free. But, God let Jesus die to keep me out of Hell. How much He loves me, and you. How much He loves the whole world, even the ones that reject him. Ya gotta be in awe of that kind of love, that kind of God.