The best laid plans of mice and...well me...did not go off as expected. And, to my shame my daughter and I did not depart ways with smiles and hugs - but rather with frustration and irritability.
Was it all my fault...no...does fault even matter...no....not in this case...not when you are a mother.
We have since made up and the day is moving in the right direction. Not because of any intervention...simply because I chose to not fight - and accept the day as it comes at me. With thankfulness that I am able to be alive to even feel stress, or have my plans interrupted.
So, with that thought - I am putting aside the stress, the frustration - and saying Thank You God for a beautiful day. For all the blessings you have bestowed on my family. For the love and favor you have given us. For the undeserved ways you have provided for us....Thank You.
On that thought - I will leave you with a favorite verse...
So here's what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life - your sleeping, eating, going to work, and walking around life - and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don't become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You'll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity. God brings the best out of you, develops well formed maturity in you. Romans 12:1-2
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