Speech Class

We had a difficult weekend. My eldest son, Matt, was miserable Friday evening through Sunday morning. He faught with his siblings, was generally antagonistic, and cried in the evenings when I chatted with him.

He is angry that his dad died.

Last night he came to me and said that he wanted to give a speech to his class on the subject of anger. Surprised by his comment, I asked him what he would say. For the next few minutes he shared a sort of sermon that he had prepared. In it he told me that everyone gets angry sometimes. He himself is angry and in anguish over his dad's death. (He has a great vocabulary!) He shared the Scripture verse that encourages us to not let the sun go down on our wrath. He told me that self-control is one of the "Fruit of the Spirit", and that we all need to strive to have self-control.

WOW! I was amazed. I'm not quite sure what happened that softened him. He had been so full of frustration and hate during the beginning of the weekend. So I am praising God for the change & sermon in my son.

Matt shared the speech with his class today. His teacher told me that he did a great job and that he was a blessing to her.