Morning Lord. Here I am still tucked up in bed at nine in the morning so I thought I should not be entirely remiss but take some time to spend with you. It’s a bit of a slow news day for a change (a most welcome change!) although the fact that Andrew insisted he get up and see to the children this morning probably should make the front page of the local newspaper at the very least. I think he figures I must need a bit of a treat – most likely on account of all the moaning I’ve been doing – so I can hear him in the kitchen trying to make pancakes with the children. I must say it is nice to hear them all laughing together.
Having said that it does make me realise that I need a bit of laughter myself. Solomon certainly had something when he wrote, “A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.” Andrew would heartily agree since he’s often telling me, “Lighten up!” It’s just hard to feel cheerful when surrounded by so many difficulties.
We haven’t got any plans for today so perhaps it’s timely to have a break from the usual humdrum and do something different for a change. Summer is still holding on tight so the weather is no obstacle. We could go to the beach, or the zoo, or on a small bush walk. Somewhere outside, just the four of us. That might be really nice (as long as the children behave!).
The only other thing I need to think about today is Jess. Madison let slip last night that it’s Jess’s birthday tomorrow so I’ll have to think about what we could do to try and make the day a little bit special. What you buy someone like Jess I can’t imagine. And where she even buys half the stuff she wears is beyond me. Maybe I should see if I can find out what skin care products she uses and get some of that.
Anyway, Lord, in order to keep myself semi-cheerful I will once again pray in the briefest way for our family and friends in need. You know each of their situations more intimately than I ever will anyway, so I pray you would bless each, provide their needs, and extend to them the grace to get through their own particular problems. Bless our family today I pray…in your name…Amen