Day 65

Scripture: Psalm 105:1-45; Daniel 6:1-15; 2 John 1-13; Luke 5:12-26


Scripture standout: 2 John 1: "⁶ And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love."


Morning thoughts: I had one of those mornings. Those "it's so unfair" mornings.  "It was a terrible, horrible, no good really bad day," to quote a favorite children's book. I woke Marley up gently. Her first question to me was why I had only sent Ben to camp his first year for one week. And why was she going to camp for the first time and staying for three? (as if she's going to jail — she's going to one of the nicest girls' camps around!) No answer would satisfy her sense of injustice. I retreated to the sanctuary of my bathroom, where I was soon followed and asked additional questions while Marley wincingly brushed the tangles from her hair. Her pained focus? The framed photos of Ben, David and me that we had made when he was a baby. Why had we not taken photos of her — just her, with us — when SHE was a baby? I tried to explain that different family dynamics were in play once she came along. We chose to have a family photograph of all of us. She sighed, slumped and slid down the wall in a crushed pile of morning yuck. She slung the brush. I recoiled to the kitchen, where she settled for the Reece's Peanut Butter Cup cereal, not really her preference. I told her I try to do everything in her best interest. And when it comes to her and her happiness, I'm definitely making an attempt to walk in love and give her the very best I can.


It's painful when words do not pacify. Walking in love is my best course, I think, today.


The Deed/The Day: Remember Chuck, the guy who need food from the Epilepsy Foundation? Well, he's now in dire need of meals. His case worker from the foundation emailed me yesterday to ask if I knew of any organizations that could help Chuck. I did not, but asked San Marco neighbors to think of Chuck next time they were at the store. I bought him a few big packs of Raman noodles. I hope our community can help  supoprt him this way.