Discontentment and Glitter: A Lesson in Choosing Joy

It has been a rough summer spiritually for us here in the Wright Fam. Especially in the Church Attendance Department. We usually average 3 out of 4 Sunday's a month. Not that averages, or attendance records mean anything in the big picture scheme of things. It does however mean something for us in our joy levels from fellowship, and in the "magnitude of our attitude" departments though. Several things have contributed to our lower than usual average. Summer is always a busy season for work for my hubby so often we just give ourselves lots of grace and have a Sabbath at home. However the main thing currently is that Kal-El Wright had a slip-step back during the snow apocalypse of 2019 and tore (by tore I mean completely detached) the main tendon in his left wrist. For which he had surgery to repair it back in June. Now, he's a lefty. So this has far more greatly impacted our lives than either of us thought it would. Fast forward a few weeks of recovery, add in som...