Morning Lord! Well, I am quite at my leisure this morning (apart from an army load of washing, cleaning and paying some dreaded bills). There’s no sign of visitors, long-term guests, children, upset relatives or any other cloud on the horizon. So, before I tackle my mountain of uninteresting tasks I thought I’d check in with you.
The exciting news of the day is (as you know) that I’m off to have lunch with Andrew. Dad called yesterday to say he’s in dire need of some grandfather/grandson time (code for: my mother is driving him insane) so he is going to collect Nathan straight from kindy so that they can get on with their adventures without delay. So, I am going to have lunch today with my dear husband, who has graciously informed me that he might just be able to fit me in to his busy work schedule. Charming!
Of course we will probably end up trying to formulate some sort of battle plan as to how to deal with The Situation (a.k.a Cameron and Ashley v’s Claire and William) and see if we can’t think of something to do to improve things as they currently stand. Nothing is springing to mind at the moment that doesn’t involve small localised nuclear explosions or personality transplants, so we really are relying on you, Lord, to fill in the gaps here.
It did occur to me that Claire and William, as old and as set in their ways as they are, are still as much works in progress from your point of view as Andrew and I are ourselves. Maybe there are things you are trying to teach them through this whole situation. I would say, “Good luck with that!” but I know you’re bigger than that.
So, Lord, I pray you would bless my day and my family (both branches!) and that you would work in and through me for your good purposes. I pray for a good lunch with Andrew and that you would give us your wisdom regarding what to do – or not – as the case may be. I lift this all before you in your mighty name…Amen