My second child has announced that he wants to read the entire Bible.
I will admit I am a little apprehensive, and have found myself annoyed when I've seen him following through. I think the main reason I'm annoyed is because he is usually reading the bible when he's *supposed* to be cleaning his room.
I think part of the reason is that I am not sure how to handle him getting super interested in going to church every week. This last Sunday, my kids expressed an interest in attending the LDS church. My DH (thanks Honey!) reminded them in time to get ready for church. Of course, HE was too busy to actually go to church, and didn't think we needed to stay on the premises. So, I went to church for the first time since Mother's Day.
It was nice to be able to drop all four kids off at their various classes and not worry about them til church was over. I was a little worried about #3, as he is officially out of nursery, and attending primary. I wondered if he'd take it as hard as #2, who took a good 3 years to get over the fact that church no longer included free play with toys. However, I am told that he did extremely well and was really well behaved and a real "sweetheart". Anyway, all four kids came out of church very happy to have been there, and talking about how they want to go more often.
I got an extremely warm welcome. People were just as friendly as I suspected they would be. My doctrinal issues still exist. It was sad to sit in church alone and not have my husband sitting next to me so we could make our snarky comments to each other.
I felt a little bad for the relief society president. She was beyond thrilled to see me there. So in between sunday school and relief society, I was in the bathroom stall adjusting my panty hose (I'd forgotten how uncomfortable those things are!). The stall door wouldn't latch properly. The RS came running in to pee quickly before RS started. Unfortunately, she was in such a hurry that she pounded my door to burst in and use that stall. Luckily I was close enough to the door that it hit my shoulder and didn't bother me at all, other than startling me. However, RS president was beyond horrified. If I thought she had a sense of humor about it, I would have made some joke about that was why I was inactive, or that because of that I wasn't coming back. I think she would've cried though, and still seemed hypersensitively concerned about the whole incident. She came to sit by me during the lesson so she could apologize every time there was a lull in the lesson. I really do like the woman, she is a genuinely nice and good person. She simply takes life more seriously than I do.
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psalms 63 "Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words: that they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not. They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily they say, who shall see us? They search out iniquities... but God shall shoot at them with an arrow, suddenly shall they be wounded.,So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves, all that see them shall fless away.. and all men shall fear, and shall declare the Work of God, for they shall wisely consider of His doing. The righteous shall be glad in the Lord, and shall trust in Him and all the upright in heart shall glory.."
Show me ONE happy exmo, post mo, anti mo.. just One....I have yet in my 10 years on the internet met one, successful in life, happy exmo..