What was that?

I'm not sure what I saw today, but I feel like I've been run over by a mack truck.

Our Preschool Director was fired this week. From what I've been able to determine, it wasn't because of her job performance, but rather for "personnel issues". We as a staff went to the church to give her support as she said good-bye.

The pastor refused to let her speak, so her husband stood to address the crowd. Then it turned ugly. I won't go into the specifics, but what I saw was not a good witness to the people there today.

I love our director and have been proud to work for her. She is good at her job and I will miss her so much.

The display today worries me more than anything else. What does it say to new believers, or people on the fence. How did today's actions hurt the kingdom? The pastor defended his position, but at what cost?

I am so sad for what happened; however, God is still in heaven and still in control. His plans are what will be the final outcome. Now I will be praying for the people who were there today.  I also want to pray for myself that I will not have a hardened heart, but know I am where I am for a reason.  The families and the children are still what really matters. Showing them God's love and acceptance - not bitterness or scorn or unforgivness. Now more than ever, I'm on mission there.

Which should I rant on tonight?

A few days ago, I just knew what I wanted to rant about. Then today another story hit me from out of the blue. Apparently, a mother in Colorado has killed her 6 month old child because he was showing signs of Autism. She and her husband wanted to have fun in life and knew they couldn't with a severely autistic child. Are you freaking kidding me? Her excuse is that he was showing early signs of it. She didn't want to burden her husband with a - wait for it - POTENTIALLY autistic child. Of all of the selfish things I have heard people do before, this one takes the cake. The worst part is that the pediatrician says the child was developing normally. She placed blankets over his face, then went downstairs to plan a vacation. Well, now she's going to get a certain kind of vacation and it won't be fun.

I don't know if she'll end up in jail or in an institution, but this lady deserves either choice. I'm sure that there is some mental disorder at work here, but that doesn't give her the right to be judge, jury, and in this case executioner.

By 6 months of age, some symptoms can begin to emerge, but a child isn't diagnosed with Autism until they are at least 2 in most cases. There is a reason for that children aren't diagnosed at 6 months - you JUST DON'T KNOW! As a specialist who works with Autistic kids, she should have known that.

Sheesh - now to my next rant. Some of you may have already heard the story about the Saudi sheiks that are recommending women breast-feed males colleagues and acquaintances in order to avoid breaking Islamic law. One sheik says they should pump then let the men drink it out of a glass. Another one says they should get it directly from the source. Are you kidding me??? EWWWWW! What planet do these people live on. I am speechless about this "argument" they are having!

I am so grateful that God has freed us from the burdens of the laws of old by giving us Christ as a sacrifice. I know the Jewish people had to do all sorts of weird things in the Old Testament from watching what they ate to what they wore, but the point was that ultimately man is unable to keep all of the laws, and therefore unable to save himself. Thus, God sent Jesus to fulfill the law for us. I am so glad to have this freedom and not have to listen to men argue about who I should be breastfeeding and how!

"For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death. For what the Law could not do,weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh, so that the requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit." Romans 8: 2-4