Monday, July 20, 2009

"What a day of rejoicing that will be..."




Yesterday, I had one of those maternal days of rejoicing before heaven. A reminder that God is in control.
The sky was frought with perfect scallops. I was thinking about Grandma Monica, who would have admired the scallops in the sky; like a hem on the bottom of somebody's dress.
My son, in private, ran off to the Lord and got baptised at camp. He had made his calling and election sure. He is ready for the personal commitment to know and love the Lord and followed in obedience by baptism. I felt as though he had stolen a proud moment from me. I had videotaped Elyse's baptism, earlier this year and he didn't want that.
Sunday was Emily's turn to go to camp. After an hour or so of kissing Emily goodbye, I was ready to go. Where is Enoch? Where is Enoch? The campus of church is so large that he could've gotten lost somewhere else. I kissed Em off of the bus and went to look for Enoch. This is very unusual, because all of my son's know that they don't like to see their mother go into her "episodes", because she can't find them. I say my sons because my daughters could care less if their mother has one of the episodes or not. They do what they please and we follow them. The boys, on the other hand are usually, very careful to check in with mother. I went searching.
I found him in the Sunday school building, they were having a luncheon, that he didn't tell us about. He has a very kind and considerate adult Sunday school class, that he participates with. They had sponsored him to go to camp. This was their luncheon.

I walked in and they said, you are Enoch's mother? Do you know how very special he is? "ehhhh?" I guess I couldn't grab him by the throat with that testimony about him in front of the class:) I was sweating profusely, it was hot and he was not where he was supposed to be. He just looked at me. You knew where I was, didn't you? That was the question in his eyes. I really didn't. I thought you were goofing off somewhere. All at once, I became my mother and started telling them everytime that I looked at him and thought he was changing color and dying in the crib, after baby Benjamin. (I didn't have to lay that burden on those people!) But I had to vent, after worrying about where he was. I vented and told them. Then, they told me. Enoch really had some good things to share in class today. He is a blessing to the class. Really? I am glad. I know he is a good boy, I know he loves Jesus and I know God has great things in store for him. I just have to back off and let God do His work in his life. When people say nice things about your children it is like a little taste of heaven on earth. (I sound like Sister Parris, Don't I?)

"When we all get to heaven,
What a day of rejoicing that will be,
When we all see Jesus, We will sing and shout the victory..."

2 comments:

jackie said...

that right jayne < your antenas needed to go up!!!
we protect our children..there is all kind of nuts out there and our children we try to keep safe so tell him still never never wonder off
i dont care why
your sis

Jayne said...

You got that right!Jack. He knows to check in with me, even at church, but, this time I couldn't scream like I would have, because these people were singing his praises. He knows, if he doesn't answer when I call him I go into a craze. So I have to loosen up a little bit now that he's bigger. I don't want him to be "henpecked". But you are so right!

Title- The Studious One!

Title-  The Studious One!
artwork by Elyse

Of biscuits and syrup

Of biscuits and syrup
tasty treats

Happy Saturday!

Happy Saturday!
a day at the Raptor Center.

Widdle Emmie in outer space school

Emmie jumped on the bus and off it flew out into the atmosphere. There was a set of clouds with turbulence right above the house and it took a few minutes for my Emmie to buckle her seatbelt. They hit the bump hard and it knocked my Emmie out of her seat and she bumped her head. The video camera came on and the monitor looked through and stated, Ms. Emmie, where are you? You are not in your seat. Where are you? I am alright I fell because I hadn’t buckled correctly. Well jump up Emmie we have a long way to go and you have to be buckled there is entirely too much turbulence in the stratosphere for you to unbuckle now. As soon as we are through this weather system there will be straight sailing but right now you must buckle. Emmie scrambled into the seat with intensity and purpose now. She watched every cloud pass her window and her nose was pressed to the window trying to see the top of the house as it drifted slowly out of sight. Soon they were not only out of sight of the house, the sun came out brightly and just as quickly they were putting on the atmospherical breathing apparatus and the outerspherical lights. The ABA and the OL. These precautions were to make them appear to be satellites to the radar as they were out in the ionosphere. Emmie knew all about this now. She had gone to the orientation and had a good breakfast and it took them 20 minutes for her to get out past the atmospherical pull and to feel the zero gravity. It would be 15 minutes before the gravity simulators would take effect, a glitch in the system which was being worked on. Until then, they enjoyed the couple of minutes of floatation, while being connected to the seats by belt. The first thing they saw everyday was the strataflotsam. The items which had been dumped into the atmosphere by earlier generations. What would their generation do about this ecological waste area that remained floating above their heads? This was a question for the generations. For now it was the area that they had to guide through on the way to school.

Midnight at the OASIS

Midnight at the OASIS
Sunset in Huntersville

My little Emmie

ran to the bus on the first day of the last year of school. 2 buns on the side of her head. She kissed me and ran at dawn to the bus. She was starting the adventure of a lifetime. I would never see that little girl again, she was going to woman school!

My Father and I 1989

My Father and I 1989

to the tune of Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme

A VISIT TO PAPA











Are you going to Mary Immaculate?

Apricots, Chocolate Cherries and Pie,



Remember me to the one who lived there,



He once was a true love of mine,



Tell him to buy me an acre of land,



Apricots, Chocolate Cherries and Pie,



Between the muddy Hudson in Jamaica Bay,



Then, He’ll be a true love of mine,

Tell him to sow in it seeds of pure cream,



Apricots, Chocolate Cherries and Pie,



And build Ice cream mountains and buildings of whipped cream,

Then, He’ll be a true love of mine,



Tell him to reap them with sickles of M&M’s,



Apricots, Chocolate Cherries and Pie,



And chew bubble gum and eat till we’re done,



Then, He’ll be a true love of mine.



Tell him to run it off down the motor parkway,



Apricots, Chocolate Cherries and Pie,



After your done 50 pushups



and jog down the West Side Highway,



Then he’ll be a true love of mine…

(Don’t wait for me today dad, The kids are sick again, My tummy’s bulging again, My heart is aching again, And now there’s no love there…)





He once was, a true love of mine….So, Girls, I do beg you don't miss your Daddy,Apricots, Chocolate cherries and Pie,You have one short chance to see him on this side, Go visit him and let your light shine.