This very well could be my first post EVER without pictures. But I just had to share.
It's Sunday morning, and if your family is like ours, on more than one occasion, getting out the door and making it to church on time can prove to be a difficult task. (Even when you live literally 2 minutes from the church!) This was one of those mornings.
My alarm was set to go off at 7 am. The baby woke up at 6:58, so I turned off the alarm and fed him. Surely I'm awake and won't fall back asleep?! I mean...my body should totally be used to waking up 3-4 times during the night by now, right? Wrong! I roll over and all of a sudden it's 8:15. We need to leave in 30 minutes. The entire house is still in bed. So the panicked hurry up routine commences.
Drew showers while I let the dog out, wake the children, and lay out their clothes. You might be thinking, "Hold up. Don't you have TWO dogs?" Why yes, yes we do. However the 13 year old princess doesn't take to kindly to being woken up before she pleases and she definitely doesn't like the cold, so I just let her be. No time to deal with her! Then I get to shower. No time to wash my hair so it's banana clip to the rescue! While I shower, Drew quickly helps Aubrey with her dress and puts clothes on the baby. It's 8:47. Church starts in 13 minutes. I throw on my clothes, grab the makeup bag, and head out the door. WHEW! (Hey look! Snow flurries)
As mentioned before, we live 2 minutes from church, so I literally have time to carelessly slap some mascara on my lashes and blush on one cheek before we're in the roundabout. The kids and I tuck and roll while Drew parks the car. We made it! The music starts as we file into the pew. BREATHE.Focus.Prepare for worship. Finally...calm from the last 45 minutes of chaos. (Oh look. It's snowing)
Halfway through the service, Aubrey gets hot and wants to take off her coat. GASP! Her dress is on BACKWARDS! Oh well...have to change that later. It's time for communion. I stand up to walk to the center aisle and August spews all.over.me! Oh well...I can clean us up after. I return to the pew to survey the damage. Gross! Wipe...clean... Drew takes Aubrey to the restroom after church to turn her dress around. We walk to the car in the 30 mile an hour wind/snow. Luckily my sweet husband pulled the car back around so we didn't have to walk far. (He's sweet like that)
I mean...what a day. And it wasn't just us. One of the altar servers had to run off the altar because she PUKED! And then, at the end, the other altar server tripped over his robe and nearly fell! It was a good save!
Sometimes we just have "those" days. I think Satan tries to use those situations to distract us from what really matters. Today's sermon was on Job, so I feel like it was very fitting. All these things kept happening and I just laughed. Sometimes that's all you can do. :) You know the only things we truly have control over are our attitudes and actions. So today, by God's Grace, I chose not to let all these things bother me. I chose to be in the moment with Jesus and just worship. Sure, I looked like a hot mess, and yeah my daughter's dress was on backwards, and I ended up covered in spit up, but hey....Jesus is still on the throne. Praise His Holy Name!
The choir sang a beautiful hymn on Psalm 46:10. "Be still and know that I am God." In my life, it's sometimes very hard for me to "BE STILL." But oh, in those moments of stillness what wonderful things God shows us. I love those moments, usually in the car, when I get to truly be STILL in His presence. (God and I have some of our best moments in the car. They usually revolve around Him speaking to me through song. Or me crying out to Him in song. ) My days are hectic so I look forward to that time.
So if you're having a day like me, don't lose heart. Just laugh it off. It's all gonna be okay! Remember Lamentations 3:23...His mercies are new every morning. And I leave you with 2 Corinthians 12:9-10. "And He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness." Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then I am STRONG!."
