day eight

dear god

thank you for today. today was a long day but i just kept seeing it through colton's eyes and although i was exhausted i was happy 'cause i thought he must be having a great day! thank you for sunshine and perfect temperatures and good health so we could be outside playing most of the day. thank you for a job that i can do in the yard while colton plays.

thank you for all of the healthy choices we have in the house to eat so that i can feel good about what my family is eating any time of the day. and thank you for clean water and climate control. i am so thankful for all these things that you somehow saw fit to bless me and my family with.

thank you that sean and colton can go play while i stay home and pray and get things done around the house. thank you that we all make a good team.

i pray that you would bless my moms in motion group with success in pulling off a great fundraiser this year and also that we could be used to encourage birth parents in other ways. i pray that jeff would be given more help at work so he wouldn't be spread so thin.

i pray for the edgmons that shealyn would make the best choice for the baby she is carrying. you placed that baby there so i trust that you will work things out for that baby. i also know that this has rocked their family so please give them peace.

thank you for jim and marleen and for the support they are to our family and i just pray that you would give jim a victory in his ministry and help him not feel irrelevant and like a failure.

i pray for frank and ezekiel and just ask that you are protecting them and covering all of the hard things with your grace and that maybe someday you would see fit to let us see them and have a relationship with their family.

i pray for tylon and the meeting tomorrow all of the social workers are having. i pray that you would please guide every single step.

i pray for the two foster teen girls that kristen told us about. again please give them your grace where their path has been marked with ugly and hurt.

i pray that you would help us to raise colton to love you and want to please you with his life.

i pray that you would move in a mighty way in the foster care and child welfare system and that the children's best interests are what is fought for.

god please forgive me for all the ways i failed today. i know i didn't give this day my all after being so sick last night. help me put all of my effort into tomorrow for your glory.

help us to sleep well and wake up ready to serve you and each other.

amen...