The kids are back in school. It's day two, and I'm bored! Oh, I have plenty to do. More laundry to fold. The dishwasher is beeping to remind me of my part of the process. Dust is making beautiful designs on the furniture. But dinner is in the crockpot! Does that count?
Back-to-school is such a time of change for all of us. More pressure to be organized and on the ball. Less time for family fun. And I'm at home, all alone, with my own work begging to be done. Everything was organized and lovely at the end of May because I knew it wouldn't get done over the summer. Come on, baseball and swimming were so much more important than filing paperwork!
But here I am, looking around, wondering where to start. My calendar is filling up with volunteer appointments and visiting friends, but the bulk of my work is here. at home. by myself. It's too quiet. No one is fighting. No one is watching Disney Channel. Just me, myself and a long to-do list. I don't need a job, because I have one. I just don't want to do it today. Maybe I need a vacation. Summer vacation, anyone? Oh, yeah. Better wash the beach towels first.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Summer storms
There was lightning that wouldn't stop, and it was accompanied by deep, rolling thunder. Our family from southern California was enthralled by the storms that we experience in the midwest. During their five nights with us, we had three thunderstorms!
Once again a thunderstorm popped up while we were recently visiting family near Kansas City. My kids and I were swimming in a great community pool, and my husband was golfing as the dark clouds rolled in. Back at the club house, we were all wondering how the evening would be - unbearably humid or cooler and lovely? Thunderstorms tend to make it one way or the other, but we have to wait and see.
I was thinking that our lives are like that. Each experience we have can go one way... or the other. God allows our lives to take various twists and turns. We can't always predict which way it will go. But we trust that it's ok because he is with us. God is a constant in our lives, and he always works for good in those who love him. It's such a simple concept! But we fail to remember that the muggy night is part of God's creation, just like the cool, breezy summer night. We are to find to the joy in every circumstance and be grateful for what he has provided.
I'm so grateful that God allows us to wrestle with these questions without getting annoyed at us and whopping us with a heavenly-sized fly swatter. Which decision is the right one? Where should I live? If the choices we make do not cause us to sin and they are in line with God's will for us, we should rejoice in the life he has given us and go forward with boldness, knowing that he will be with us no matter what the outcome is - muggy or cool and lovely.
Once again a thunderstorm popped up while we were recently visiting family near Kansas City. My kids and I were swimming in a great community pool, and my husband was golfing as the dark clouds rolled in. Back at the club house, we were all wondering how the evening would be - unbearably humid or cooler and lovely? Thunderstorms tend to make it one way or the other, but we have to wait and see.
I was thinking that our lives are like that. Each experience we have can go one way... or the other. God allows our lives to take various twists and turns. We can't always predict which way it will go. But we trust that it's ok because he is with us. God is a constant in our lives, and he always works for good in those who love him. It's such a simple concept! But we fail to remember that the muggy night is part of God's creation, just like the cool, breezy summer night. We are to find to the joy in every circumstance and be grateful for what he has provided.
I'm so grateful that God allows us to wrestle with these questions without getting annoyed at us and whopping us with a heavenly-sized fly swatter. Which decision is the right one? Where should I live? If the choices we make do not cause us to sin and they are in line with God's will for us, we should rejoice in the life he has given us and go forward with boldness, knowing that he will be with us no matter what the outcome is - muggy or cool and lovely.
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