On Monday night my phone suddenly went black. I got it working again and then it kept restarting and it was obvious it was not going to last much longer. It had been dropped too many times and the case is warped. I got it working the next day but it's just a matter of time before it becomes unusable so we will be replacing our phones this week. One more thing on my list for the week!
Tuesday morning my husband left on a trip and I got the kids off to school and then I had to get started on my grocery shopping right away- and had to drop in to the Verizon store to do some information gathering so we would be prepared to replace our phones when my husband got back from his trip. I had just enough time after that to get home, get the groceries put away and sit down for 20 minutes with a cup of coffee and my Bible. At that moment, my husband called- he had about 10 minutes to talk before taking off and we discussed what I found out at the Verizon store. Then I had to leave to volunteer at my son's school. I stopped by the thrift store on my way home and discovered my friend there had quit her job. Fortunately, I can still stay in touch with her via text. Finally, I got home, had lunch and got my Bible reading done. I much prefer to get my time with the Lord in before the craziness of my day begins but that's not always possible. After I picked the kids up from school we dropped off their backpacks and headed out to visit our 98 year old friend that I have mentioned before. We had an awesome visit with him and left uplifted and encouraged as usual- I LOVE visiting with him and his family. I always learn something fascinating! We got home, had dinner and then I baked a cake for my sister's birthday celebration. Then I packed the kids' lunches. After I got my son to bed, my daughter and I stayed up too late talking but we don't get much one-on-one time so it was a sweet sacrifice of my sleep.
Wednesday morning I finished up my grocery shopping after dropping the kids off at school, washed the kids' bedding, and started my Bible reading but couldn't finish before I had to leave for my annual neurology visit. That visit and associated lab work took 2 hours. I got home at about 1pm and I had only an hour and a half to finish my Bible reading, finish getting the kids' bedding done and beds made, make frosting and frost the cake I had baked the day before, fill out a birthday card and get everything packed up and ready to pick the kids up from school. Straight from school my son had a counseling appointment and after that we went to my Mom's house to celebrate my sister's birthday. My Mom had also had surgery that day to remove a cyst from her finger so I wanted to check in on her too. It was a fun evening but we got home later than I had hoped - especially since I had gone to bed so late the night before and I had to get everything put away, the kids to bed and pack lunches before heading to bed myself- again, too late!
This morning I had to get the kids out to school, round up and take out the garbage and finally, I got to sit down, with nothing on my plate, and just spend some much- needed time with the Lord.
And this is the first passage I read:
I Kings 19:11-13
Then He said, “Go out, and stand on the mountain before the Lord.” And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind tore into the mountains and broke the rocks in pieces before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake; and after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice. So it was, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood in the entrance of the cave. Suddenly a voice came to him, and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
I just started CRYING! On my way home from dropping the kids off at school this morning I had remembered that today I'd the National Day of Prayer. I was talking to the Lord and telling Him that I had been so busy and distracted and was so tired that the Holy Spirit wad going to have to intercede for me in prayer today. And the Lord just whispered powerfully to me this morning- just immediately calmed me and re-directed my thoughts. Brought my focus and attention back to Him and wrapped me up in His loving and powerful arms and said "What are you doing here, Darla?" All I could do was just cry!
My husband will be home soon and we will dash out the door to get our phones replaced before I have to pick the kids up from school and then work on dinner. But I recognize my NEED for daily quiet time with the Lord - time that is not rushed or crammed in to fit my schedule. This is what I was talking about in my last post - the reduction in activity and chaos that MS has brought into my life. The ability to structure most of my days to allow for my necessary communion with God - my Rock. And on the days when life attacks me and drags me around by the scruff of my neck, I miss out on the whisper of God. I need to try not to let that happen very often!
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