Good and bad Christian decisions

We were up preparing to be blessed by going to worship. Today was Holy Communion day. The altar Evelyn had helped with was lovely. The parments were red to commemorate St. Matthew. The service was a bit long as usual. The pastor has good but long messages. Billy Riggs said we have a T time at 9:24 on 9/24 at his golf course. I am to play with about 20 other men. I asked him who he was angry with that he would stick me with them. I felt rejected at church again. I had signed up to assist with Communion several weeks ago. Two weeks ago I was replaced by the head elder of the church. This time I was replaced by the vice president of the congregation and my name had been crossed off. I thought the secretary had just missed my name before. This time there was no mistake. We came home and Evelyn didn’t want to eat. I finished our $.49 cheeseburgers when she came out an made some Grands biscuits for her. I watched some of the early football games and then left and walked around the loop 10 times. I need to measure the distance to see how far I go. I know it is not the 2 ½ miles around the lake. I then watered our flowers and plants before watching some of the Cubs game while Evelyn napped. We need to pack our clothes for this weekends trip to Mt. Airy. We went to the Marriage Encounter Spiral at 4. The usual couples were there plus a new couple in their 40s--easily the youngest there. We had a good sharing and a good carry-in meal. Evelyn didn’t eat much but didn’t feel as bad as usual. She felt bad just after eating and then recovered. We went to the band concert in Maggie Valley. We got there during the intermission, and I found a couple that has been missing from our church for a couple of weeks. She and I had a long talk (Evelyn was listening to the concert in the car) and she told me the reason they weren’t coming back. She and her husband are divorced but are trying to work out the problems. They are still living together--unmarried--so the elders of our church will not allow them to be members. She understood the decision and I understood the decision. I also understand why they want to worship somewhere else. We had a prayer with her (Evelyn had showed up) and then we came home. We watched a replay of yesterday’s Purdue football game. They won but really looked bad in many aspects. I had hoped (still do) that they could beat Notre Dame but now have my doubts. They just don’t score like they should. We have to get our clothes together for Thursday’s trip to Mayberry Days.