Time Flies.....

Wow, it's been awhile since I've written! Guess these are the lazy days of summer....except that ours hasn't been that lazy! We've vacationed to the beach, played in the pool, practiced sleeping in our own bed (who knew that would be so hard????), renovated a room, and saved our doctor and dentist checkups until now!

So here it is July, heading back to school is just around the corner, and so much has happened these last few months. G is reading 3 and 4 letter words very well. He's practicing his writing daily on some sort of paper or magazine in our house (thankfully he hasn't thought to attempt writing on the walls!). Just this morning he buttoned all of the buttons on his shirt while getting ready for church. He is growing and maturing by the minute.

A few weeks ago, we saw his developmental pediatrician who changed his diagnosis from PDD-NOS (Autism) to Asperger's Syndrome. Now I know that all of those fancy names for things still mean Autism. It's not gone. It rears its head at times when I least expect it. But still the change in wording made me feel good. It showed that other people are seeing improvement in G, just like I have. God is good.

Today during worship in church, I looked down to this handsome guy beside me and watched as he lifted his hands to God. Might have been mimic at what others were doing. Might have been just copycat behavior. But it might have been God at work in that little heart.

Each night we read a devotional at bedtime. G is understanding more and more of it. He's comprehending God's word. One of the most recent devotions was on anger. We deal with a lot of anger from his dad and this is hard for G to deal with also. We've talked about how to "be angry and sin not". Then today, we were heading to church when a man pulled up in the lane beside us and began shouting some FOUL words at the car behind him. The two men were shouting obscenities and threats...all within our earshot. G had a ring side seat for it. I was so glad when the light changed and we could pull away, but we could clearly see the car in front deliberately weaving to cut off the driver behind him several times. Now I had hoped that G would never hear some of those words he heard today but God used this as an opportunity for us to talk about it. G remarked that "daddy sounds like that sometimes", and lead us back to the verse "be angry and sin not". Only God can take something so foul and turn it into a learning opportunity.

Now as G is napping, I'm reading through some blogs I follow. One writer quoted Psalm 138:8, "The Lord will accomplish what concerns me" (NAS). Amazing. Purely Amazing.

Then I decided to look at some other translations of the same verse.

" The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me" (KJV)

"The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me" (ESV)

"The Lord will vindicate me" (NIV)

No matter which translation I read, each burns on my heart. Only God can accomplish, perfect, fulfill and vindicate a sinner like me.

God is good.