Sunday

Sunday, God made Sundays a day of rest. It is the day to thank him for all his gifts. Well, this Sunday was awesome. I have been praying hard on several counts for a while. We had many prayers answered Sunday





My sister came to drop Trevor off and hang out for a little to say "Hi" to Tom and have their usual political arguments. She is a New York Democrat. As a non profit school teacher, teaching drama and Shakespeare to inner city students, she needs the programs the NY system provides for low income health care, and summer seasonal unemployment.





The TV was going in the living room showing the Gay weddings in New York. It was a great debate topic to start with in our living room. Tom and Jen love the intellectual discussion from the polar view points. His position is the reason Gays need the acknowledgement of state sanctioned marriage is for the benefits. Jen debates that it is for acceptance in the community. Tom argues that we should just take benefits away from all married couples. level the playing field, not add more expenses to the tax base.

People don't get married because the state approves it. They get married in front of friends and family and God to acknowledge and witness the commitment to each other. The government has created a business out of marriage that costs the tax payers money to sustain. Their intention was to encourage marriage for the good of the family unit. But there are other ways to go about it.



In an industrialized country the birth rate is much lower than a third world country. Educated women in third world countries tend to have fewer children than their peers. It is the same in America. If we could just focus on education, move all those benefits to education perhaps other problems would resolve themselves. I am saddened about the minds lost to poverty that could have had some brilliant idea the world will not discover until much later,because the child never survived his poverty. Poverty and lack of education slows progress.

In this world of single parents and gay marriages and neglected children some how we have to readjust. If everyone wants to be married then make it for the right reasons, take away the wrong reasons. Make marriage stand on its own. Lets see how many people stay married then. You'll take the commitment from the beginning much more seriously if the benefits aren't there.

Jen and Tom debate while the ribs cook on the BBQ. It is a fun animated conversation for a good hour. The ribs are served with corn and broccoli and rolls. Jen has an evening obligation so she can't stay longer.


While she and Tom are having their discussion the phone rings. It is my Realtor. The sellers signed. I shriek with glee. Tom cracks a joke. He tells me to tell the realtor he has changed his mind on the house. We all laugh. Tom tells me not to jinks it this time. I am to make no appointments with the movers or the water or the electric until the papers are signed and keys are in our hands.


This morning a woman called to look at our rental. I told her it is a mess. She said she was out from Denver and would overlook the mess just to see it. She and her significant other loved the house despite my disastrous mess. The size and the rooms and the brightness spoke for itself. She will be looking for work as a nurse. He is a technician for a paper company. She has four children and would like to get a dog, but doesn't have one at the moment. Her children are 15, 10, 7, and 4.

My little friend in the hospital had Sunday off from his Chemo. Monday, His brother donates bone marrow to save his life. But the sick chemo part is over. We pray hard for success.

It was an incredible Sunday after a such a hard week. Sundays are a day of blessings and rest. Our Sunday was a WOW.