Another Great Sunday--Day 128 of Positivity and Day 1 of Discipline and Dedication

ARGHHHH. I'm annoyed I'm not updating this often enough. Every day has several positive moments throughout my day, but some days I just don't feel like logging them. Well, I need to do it anyway. I need to be more disciplined. Not just with blogging but with the more important things in my life. I'll start with the blog though. I want to see how long I can post something at least once a day. I need to make time for it and other things in my life. I need to push through that mental block that says "Nah, I don't feel like it today. I'll do it tomorrow." That has to stop and it will. For how long? I don't know. Lets see...

I had actually posted a couple of days ago, but deleted it. It concerns a poem I had written and some poems I had seen that I liked. The link is still up in my profile, but I'm not sure how many people I want reading my poetry.

Sundays are always awesome. Pastor Don talked about some good things that had happened to some people in our congregation and also some bad. I praise God for everything. Then the Maddocks came out again after missing last week. Angela had some good things to say, and then we sang. Tracy again sounded beautiful. I just can't help getting choked up by the beautifulness of it all. Not just her, but everyone. Everyone just seems to be in a different place. Tracy just looks like she's in a different "zone" and I look at the others on the stage and they look the same. The drummer looks to really enjoy what he's doing back there and he is what gets me choked up once in a while. It's just awesome to see someone getting so much enjoyment out of what they're doing.

You are Holy (Prince of Peace) is a wonderful song. It's my favorite song to stop singing and just take it all in. The women singing in unison one part of the song, the men singing another and then joining in again at the end of the chorus. On top of that, Tracy's voice is usually does a solo or two. I look around and I seen teens with their hands in the air and their eyes closed. I see Mrs. Kirkland with her index finger pointing towards heaven and moving to the music. I see Scott's replacement playing the guitar really emphasizing certain parts of the song. I see the drummer with his hands all over the place at once and singing with all of his heart at the same time. I see Kim standing next to me singing separately from me, but together as well. It's just great.

I shook a few hands and said hi to some people after the sermon. I'm not good at chatter, but it's great to see so many smiles. I got home in time to see the Lions get down 21-0 for the second straight week. I'm not emotionally invested in them at all anymore, so that's cool. We went to Brianna's party afterward. We got there late, but I enjoyed my time over there. Everyone involved is raising a very beautiful young woman. Whenever I see her, she seems to be happy and playful. The same goes for Allison.

Program Alert: The Tiger game just switched over to Carlos Zambrano of the Cubs attempting to finish off a no-hitter. He got the last three outs to become the first Cub to do so since the year I was born. Pretty cool to be able to see that. He got on his knees and pointed to the sky with both hands. Awesome.

Allison made her cheerleading squad. She had told me she was pretty confident she was going to make the team. I'm happy to see she has that confidence. The food was good. Tanya said she made it all. It was all really good.

We came home soon after. The kids drew me some great pictures while I played train with Noah. Later on, they helped me clean up the house while Kim went to the store. We watched most of Nim's Island before the kids went to bed. I really enjoy listening to the prayers of all of us, including me. I never know what I'm going to say and just leave it up to God. Sort of what Angela had done earlier in the day. She gave everyone a good laugh. "What do you want me to say, God?", she says. "Well, He didn't answer me." LOL

Colton's prayer was especially beautiful to me. He thanked God for everything he has bringing up examples like his family and his dog and his hamster. He prayed for people not as lucky as we are and prayed God would help them. About every other day, I find myself smiling and nodding my head as Kim, Gabby or Colton prays. They say something or many somethings that really mean a lot to me and will hopefully mean a lot to others. It really helps me realize God is so good. Thank you, Lord.