So much to say with so little time!

If I were more consistant at blogging I wouldn't feel the need to compress 2 months into 5 minutes! I'll start saying that Collin is in an amazing therapy that is a gift from God! It's called Mind's In Motion and is pretty cutting edge stuff. Right before this his diagnoses was changed to something more severe than ADHD and we were determined not to play medicine Roulette with Collin. That said I do believe ADHD drugs have a place (a very small place) in treatment but we didn't like the effects on Collin and where they were leading him. He has already lowered his dose of medicine and school performance and overall confidence continues to improve! We are in week 5 of a 10 week intensive program. This has been a huge sacrifice on our family time and schedule. We have also strictly limited tv, computer, and video game time to 15-20 minutes a day with 1 movie on the weekend. We actually play games and read with the kids and talk. What an amazing concept in our digital age! God is definitely not done with Collin or our family for that matter.

On the spiritual front God has had me focus on the moment and leave the future to Him. I'm a big picture sort of guy and that is very hard for me. What's funny is that I finally start to concentrate on serving God and being Jesus to the lost on a daily basis and he starts to lead with some of the long term stuff. I do believe God has a big sense of humor especially in my life! I've got such a long way to go but I'm following as closely to Jesus as I can.

One last thought is that if you have trouble "getting into" the Bible ask God to give you a hunger for His Word. He will! I've been just eating up scripture as of late. God actually showed me something in the Old Testament in Exodus today speaking about all the minute details of the priests garments. I'll be honest I found this part of the Bible a chore to read in the past and usually skipped over sections. It struck me that Aaron had to wear this special breast plate and a turbin on his forehead simbolizing the burden of the sin of Israel he was carrying so that their sacrifice would be acceptable. These garments also covered his sins so he could approach a Holy God. Jesus wore a crown of thorns not a garment made of gold and jewels and shed his blood so that we could be forgiven of our sins and approach the throne of the Almighty God with boldness. No longer do we need a priest to intercede for us because Jesus sits on the right hand of the Father interceding on our behalf. We have the great priviledge to pray to the Creator of the universe and he takes the time to listen. Wow! That's the super condensed version I really need to get to bed. Thanks for taking time to once again read my ramblings! Your prayers are always coveted.