It may have something to do with the fact that I don't have make up on and if I don't want to, I don't have to put it on all day (sorry neighbors). Or it could be that this is day 2 of nothing in particular I HAVE to do, other than play (now that swim practice is complete... I guess there are perks to getting up before the roosters to drive to swim practice after all!). It may have something to do with the fact that I didn't run out of gas in my car before I made it to the gas station...after driving to swim practice unsure if I would even make it there, much less BACK to the station (I really have to get a handle on checking the gas light more often). Maybe it has to do with the fact that four out of five nails on my left hand, actually have a little length to them and almost look a little "girly" (That is a rare thing for this chick, people!). It could be that not only is it flip flop weather, but even better, I am BAREFOOT! (My claustrophobic feet are so rejoicing that I can leave the shoes off most all of the time now!) Or it might be the way Dramatic Flair played so hard yesterday that even on a night she didn't have to fall asleep early, I found her curled up in the recliner, with a book on her chest, out like a light proving that it was one successful first Monday of Summer. And it could have a lot to do with waking up and doing the same devotion the high school-ers are doing at beach retreat this week and realizing God is up to something and that anticipation of what it is just excites my soul.
All those things add up to a formula of "diggin' summer" for me and the results is YEE HAW (go ahead Tricia... make fun of me...I added it for you to do just that! :)!!) I have no doubt, because I am feeling this UP, that jealous little serpent will be up to some tricks before long to try to bring me down. He might bring a phone call on Seth's test results that do not bring welcomed answers. He may remind me of all of my things in storage back home, that I have YET to get down here. He certainly will remind me of heartache in the world and in people I care deeply about, that He knows plays heavy on my heart. I know this about him... he has done it for as long as I can reminder. But, the song I have sang in children's ministry for years, "I get Down, He lifts me up!" chorus comes to mind, so I am not concerned with that. Instead, I am going to make a list of joyful things today and if and when he tries to roll in, I will pull them up and LAUGH in his measly little face....
JOY LIST for today:
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| "THUMBS UP" their signature sign! |
1. the picture of Eathan and his daddy on the tractor with thumbs up, in some of his sickest days.... what JOY to see his smile in the sadness of that time in his life! (the helmet was to protect his sweet little head which had a HUGE gaping wound on the back from one of his surgeries... it would not heal...see! We CAN always find JOY... he is proof!)
2. the time and freedom to sit and write in my blog early in the day
3. the ability to sit and not absolutely want to melt at swim practice, with the car off, windows down.
4. all the many kids that ran past my car at swim practice today and then came right back upon seeing my white schnauzer with her face hanging out the window. I was the most popular car on the block!
5. watching the fish swimming in the tank, that I brought home from my classroom. I complained and complained about having to haul the tank and fish home, thinking I should just flush those little suckers and start over next fall rather than going to all the trouble of hauling them. But, being the creature lover that I am, I just couldn't bring myself to do it, and my little Dramatic Flair LOVES them and stares at them all the time. So glad I let them live another day....
6. the wagging tails of Charlie and Fred and KiKi EVERY single time I see them... even if it has only been a minute since the time before....
7. seeing people, like my friend Erin, who is hurting deeply in a situation that did not work out as she had planned for her sweet family, still claiming the hope she has in Christ.
8. sitting at the computer and laughing until I cry from something shared with a friend... that is totally silly and has no purpose other than we both share a goofy sense of humor and find it hysterical!
9. my mom's voice
10. my daddy's voice
"Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy," 1 Peter 1:8 (NIV)
Going to crank some music and get my JOY on! Wanna dance?
Robin
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