August 9, 2002
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*Bang bang bang!* “Let me in! Unlock the door!” I shout as Mom looks at me through the shade. Every time I walk outside for a minute - *CLICK* I hear the lock engaging. I don’t know why she feels so compelled to lock the door when I walk out of it. If I was a more sensitive sort, I might take it personally. *smile* For some reason I let it aggravate me when she won’t come and at least try to unlock it. At least I have a different door unlocked so I can get back inside. Anyway, I went around the house and in the other door. Now wasn’t that a major catastrophe for me? Still learning patience... Another problem is trying to keep Mom’s clothes on her. As soon as I get her dressed, she goes in the bathroom, discards her panties in some fashion, then puts her slacks back on either inside out or backwards. Backwards is the style of choice. This would be no problem if all it meant was I had to help her get properly dressed again. The problem is she fights it so hard. I had her all ready to go on a picnic tomorrow; now she is pantiless and backwards. *sigh* I’m not anxious to attempt to rectify the situation. The picnic is a church function..... being hosted by the church I have visited several times lately. Speaking of that, the pastor’s wife and another church member stopped by last night in what turned out to be an agonizing visit. I, in my great stupidity, decided to revisit the ‘pride’ sermon that was delivered the Sunday before in their absence. I assumed the pastor’s wife would know that pride was a sin (WRONG ASSUMPTION). I envisioned relaying my story and her replying, “Oops!” or “Oopsie!” or whatever and us just continuing on. That’s not what happened. No, no, no.... what ensued was 30 minutes of them trying to explain ‘good pride’ to me. Since I wouldn’t (couldn’t) pretend to think I had been mistaken, it lingered on. I would not have even brought it up if I had thought for a minute that it would be a problem. About 10 minutes into it I laughed and commented. “Well, isn’t this fun?” I don’t think they appreciated my sense of humor. Things really didn’t get much better from that point. Seems the pastor’s wife works at the Christian school affiliated with Shenandoah Baptist, the church I just left after three years! LOL We ended on a civil note, trying to salvage what we could of our time together. I got directions to the picnic and they left. Carole would like to go with us to the picnic, so if Mom is manageable, we’ll go. The down side is I don’t think I’ll go back to this church. I don’t dislike the people at all. It’s just that I long for the fellowship of like-minded believers. I NEED Christ-centered sermons. I don’t know of any other churches to try. I feel like I’m at a dead end. I must say I am terribly discouraged about this whole church situation. Please rescue me, Lord. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- In the past two weeks Mom’s cousin, Juanita, and her brother, Jack both called on the phone. It was great to hear from both of them. Mom perked up at the sound of her brother’s voice and spoke briefly with him. She was in a bad mood when Juanita called and wouldn’t talk to her. I felt bad because Juanita was one of her favorite people in the whole world and that’s twice now in the last year that Mom wouldn’t talk to her. She understands, but is still hurt. She is such a sweet person and has been praying for us. I need to remember to pray for her, too. I also need to remember to call her when Mom feeling happy and see if I can get her to talk. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Someone broke out a window in the back of Leah’s car last night and stole her purse! Josh called me to tell me about it. “Thanks to you it’s not costing us anything because I got zero deductible on comprehensive like you told me. It was $250 deductible before I switched it.” Once again that sage advise from Karen (ex USAA employee) helps out my family. Thanks Karen!
Psalm 94:19 In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.
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