Yesterday something happened that only happens at Christmas time. And I am glad it did. I got to see all three of my children in one day! I guess at Christmas time it is two days but yesteday I got to see all three!
It was a lazy start of the morning and hubby and I sat out on the front courtyard drinking coffee for awhile as it was in the 70's and the rain had stopped. I eventually came in and got ready for lunch. That was the start of my day.... and it was a great day.
I met my middle child for lunch and he brought me a surprise - his granddaughter (my great-granddaughter) was in town and she came to lunch with us! What a fun surprise that was and I enjoyed seeing her so much! She actually began to warm up to me towards the end, I think. I remembered I had a stuffed animal in the car for her and was able to pass it on - and she seemed to love it. It was a good lunch and I'm so glad my son honors me by meeting up about once a quarter or so in order for us to catch up on life. Of course he writes a blog and I blab everything on here so he knows about everything, but we still were able to talk about some things. I remembered the photo/frame that I had for him and I think he liked it - and he told me he had that very photo as a screen saver on his computer. I love the picture of his granddaughter that I gave him. I'm glad I had it printed. It's one I have on my TV stand as well. It reminded me of a photo I took of his daughter years ago at the park. A favorite memory.
After leaving lunch I headed over the youngest child's house to celebrate his step-son's birthday a week early. His birthday is actually next Sunday - don't know why they did it early unless he will be with his dad. Anyway - went over there for awhile. Didn't want anything to eat although they had plenty of food - but I was 'gracious' enough to have a small piece of chocolate cake and ice cream. I wanted to be kind. Then I was really stuffed! It was a great time because I was able to spend somewhat quality time with my son by standing with him in the kitchen and talking. Of course every conversation was listened to, but it is what it is. I teased him about a comment he made to his brother.... the brother takes me to lunch once a quarter, the daughter and I have jailbreak getaway and meet once a week to crochet/knit, and he gets stuck with doing a 10K with me each quarter.
Yeah - for his October birthday I signed him up for a virtual 'race' walk in which we get a T-Shirt and medal and we walk a 10K anytime, anywhere. He seemed to grumble about it but I told him that it was something we could do together. Then he shows me two 'race' medals that he and his wife had that they had done (one together, him one alone). I'm glad they are doing something together and he is at least walking some. In spite of he didn't seem real excited about the one I signed him up for. That's ok. I can do them alone from here on out if he doesn't want to do them. I want to keep moving and that's why I do it. And it's virtual... you walk it in your own time. I can do that.
With having our Indy trip getting worked out and firming up, I really need to get back into workout mold. I would like to lose ten pounds at least before I go - and that is still do-able. But that means I have to quit eating a bunch of things that I do eat. Sometimes you just gotta in order to look betta.
My day continued on yesterday after the birthday party and we went to church last night - physically and in personn - and it was a great message on the movie The Sandlot. I hadn't seen it, but it seemed like a really cool and funny movie. It didn't stir a great desire in me to go watch it, but it was a good movie, at least the parts we saw. My oldest child (my daughter) and her hubby joined us at church last night where we ate popcorn while watching the movie/service and then we grabbed 'dinner' together in the cafe there. I was not hungry but did get some tomato basil soup that was really good. I have to say it because I was over the top surprised.... hubby got a huge slice of pizza, french fries, and mac & cheese. He never gets all that!! I asked him if he was hungry and he said yes. I found out later he didn't see where the hot and cold sandwiches were so he grabbed what he saw. Next week I'll have to show him where real food is. That is way too many carbs to be consuming at one meal.
AND.... hubby's tossing and turning - whether from all the carbs or from his shoulder hurting kept me awake most of the night so a bit after 3AM I came into this room and tried to go back to sleep until 5AM. Hubby brought my coffee in, but I still have had difficulty staying awake this morning. I barely could get my devotional read because my eyes would not stay open. I should have stopped way back when to do this for with jump-starting my mind trying to spell words right (and not succeeding in all cases) and make coherent sentences have awakened my mind some. Not a lot - I could still close my eyes and try to sleep again - but it isn't a deep sleep, but a light sleep that makes you feel that you haven't slept at all. Know what I mean?
Psalm 119:60 - "I will hasten and not delay to obey your commands."
Don't we wish that our children would (have) take(n) that statement to heart when they were growing up! And I am sure that our Heavenly Father wishes WE would honor that statement as well.
Is there something you know you should do but just don't want to do it so keep putting it off? Granted, it isn't the same thing as the above message states, but still. I know I want to shampoo the back room because it smells like dog from Sheeba laying by the back door in between groomings. Hubby doesn't smell it, but I do. I've delayed it three days now since I mentioned it to hubby. And today is SUNDAY and it's a day of REST, right?
But the statement above is towards God, not our parents (or our spouse). When He commands us, we should hasten and not delay to obey Him. Do you sometimes feel an urge to help your child or your spouse complete a task - even though you know you don't want to? Perhaps that is God, urging you to be a helper for that moment. Does someone's name keep coming to you? Perhaps that is the Holy Spirit urging you to pick up your phone and touch base with them. These are not necessarily commands, but when good things to do come to mind, we should hasten to do those as well.
I haven't read my Bible yet this morning because I couldn't keep my eyes open - but now that I have paused my sleep-reading to type this, and drink my coffee, I am a bit more awake and can do that. It's the best way to start the day.
Have you opened your Bible lately.... or is it gathering dust?
Blessings!
