Morning Lord! Well, I’m back to hiding in the bathroom in order to get some peace and quiet but after being a.w.o.l for the last two days I really don’t want to miss a third. Friday ended up being a write-off because the whole house seemed to be in an uproar from the moment everyone got up until everyone finally went to bed. The morning started badly with Faith and Emily fighting over the television and who should sit where on the couch, got worse with Emily’s homework being torn up by a rampaging Christian (clearly feeding off the agro) with the icing on the cake being my car refusing to start. Thankfully I was able to take Caroline’s but it all made for a bad start to the day. Not only that I then had to come straight home to sort out the car crisis and could not sneak off for my little slice of heaven with you.
Then yesterday was Jasmine’s engagement afternoon tea at Libby’s that necessitated me going around in the morning to help ice cup cakes and prepare other delectable nibbles (under Libby’s watchful eye – not my real forte) for the big event. I did say to Libby that I wasn’t altogether familiar with the concept of the engagement afternoon tea – the kitchen tea or hen’s party yes; the engagement party yes – but an engagement afternoon tea – no. Of course Libby said that she’d just made the idea up as an excuse to get to know Jasmine more, an idea that I would have found reprehensible were it not for the fact that Libby genuinely wants to get to know Jasmine for herself and not as a possible notch in her Christian conversion belt.
The afternoon tea turned out to be really enjoyable and I must say in spite of the length of our acquaintance I realised I just don’t know Jasmine as well as I either could or should. She’s got much more of a sense of humour than I realised (which I should have realised – anyone marrying my brother must have a sense of humour) and she’s got some really lovely friends I’ve never met.
Libby continues to amaze me with her capacity, her grace and her ability to get people involved. I learnt during the course of the afternoon that she has got Jasmine to agree to help her out with Sunday School by coming up with craft ideas. Of course Jasmine doesn’t have the first idea about any Bible stories so it should be interesting to see what she adds and what she learns. I must say I would never have considered asking her, let alone Jasmine accepting.
Libby sets such a great example, Lord, and rather than being aloof as I first thought is in fact incredibly hard working, humble and caring. It does make me feel incredibly inadequate. This is especially true when it comes to having guests since after a week of having the Wests to stay I am feeling over it already – and not just because Christian doesn’t sleep enough for anyone’s liking. I am also concerned at Friday’s argument between Faith and Emily and hope this is not the beginning of the same thing we saw with Emily and Madison.
Anyway, Lord, I pray you would bless our time at church this morning and that your hand would be on Daniel has he comes to speak to us, on Libby (and Jasmine) as they take up the reigns of Sunday School. I pray there would be no pressure, nastiness or upset from Claire and William. I pray for your continued hand on our crazy household. I pray you would forgive my many and plentiful sins and cleanse me from all unrighteousness for your namesake…in your name I pray…Amen