I spent the first part of this morning like I always do: up, coffee, dressed, breakfast and carpool for Kid #1, call Kid #2 to say I’m on the way, breakfast and coffee for said Kid #2, carpool route 2 and home again. I skipped my typical first moment in the Word in favor of one more “snooze” – ding #1… you’re off to a GREAT start, Joeli. On the way home, my mind races through the day and I tell myself passionately: You are NOT doing ANYTHING until you have your quiet time and PRAY over this day! WooHoo! Go me!
Arrive home: the puppy is literally black up to all four of her “knees!” I make my way to the backyard to determine the cause of this MESS that has also found its way onto my just swept floor. There, I find my FAVORITE sunglasses, the ones I have searched for several times in the last 36 hours, TOTALLY destroyed by said puppy! Ugh. Then my phone dings and I get distracted for a few minutes. I look at the clock and 30 minutes have flown by. How. Does. This. HAPPEN?!
Ok! That is IT! NOTHING is stopping me from opening my Bible, hitting my knees and restarting this day! WooHoo! Go me! LOL!
I open up Journey and what do my always amazed eyes see but God’s precious, right on time, message to me; one He has delivered many times before and surely will deliver many times more: “Are you so foolish? After beginning with the Spirit, are you now going to be made complete by the flesh? (Gal. 3:3)”
Um… no Sir. … But “I am sure of this, that [You] who started a good work in [me] will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.”
WooHoo! GO. GOD!
[Deep breath!] Thank You, Father, for grace upon grace upon grace… upon grace, UPON GRACE! Thank you for meeting me RIGHT where I am in ways that never cease to amaze me and make me smile. I am loved by You. You have provided for me and it feels really nice to know that ALL things are in Your hand, nothing is impossible FOR YOU and You do not expect me to finish this race in my own flesh. WooHoo! Go YOU!
In Jesus’ sweet, faithful name… from the grateful heart of Your easily distracted, much loved Daughter. Amen.
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