When I woke up this morning I thought for sure, “Oh no, how could I have had such a great evening last night and begin this brand new day in such a crappy mood?” It was 4:45am, someone in the neighborhood’s car alarm was going off which woke the dogs up which woke my husband up enough to shake me awake to ask me the most rediculous question, “What do you think the dogs want? Do they need to go to the bathroom?” 🙁 really?
Normally this wouldn’t have been a big deal as I would’ve been up, but this morning I was relishing in the fact I was going to sleep the extra hour and go work out after dropping the kids off at school. But NOOO, for the first time EVER my husband wakes up and asks me if I can read the mind of our dogs! (Why does it always come back to the dogs??? I should’ve written Marley & Me)
Anyway, I did promise you I would try to be brief on these recaps, so I’ll get to the point. Since I was A W A K E, I got up and went to work out at my normal time, but now I had to RUSH to get there on time. As I stepped out into the rediculously freezing air I switched back and forth from praying to God and then muttering through clenched teeth, “My day will NOT begin this way.”
And it worked. It was like I was battling the will of the enemy for MY DAY and I WON. A ha! What was even better about the day was God showed up and I showed up and it was a beautiful thing. Since I had some extra time this morning I selfishly wanted to do a few errands before getting to the work and phone calls I needed to make…but God made sure I did it all at once by having the very people I needed to call and talk to either call me while I was out, or run into me at various retail stores. It was crazy because these are people I rarely talk to, let alone see shopping! I could have been frustrated to literally stop what I was doing and discuss work things but in all honesty, it took the guilt away. Thank you God!
When I finally got around to returning a call from a new parishioner who had a few questions, I recognized within a few minutes of the conversation that I needed to meet with her, that God had obviously cleared more time in my day to do so. (Disclaimer, please understand, I’m not some perfect do-gooder…even though I recognized this call and I did WANT to meet her I still SELFISHLY wanted to IGNORE it and spend that extra hour shopping.) However, by being obedient to my hunch I had the priveledge of meeting a great person who was truly insightful to some things I’ve been discerning in regards to the book and marketing. I had been praying to God to help me discern and here was a piece to the puzzle.
The rest of the day continued on like that. It was like being loved on by God, the way your momma smothered you in kisses when you were a snotty nosed toddler. Don’t worry, though, before I could get too caught up in myself and how ‘special’ I am, God makes sure I never get over my head.
Tonight, after having about 10 college students over for a discussion night I went in to get ready for bed and low and behold, my zipper to my jeans was down the entire time. A U G H how embarrassing! And no one said anything.
God loves to laugh.
Blessings
Shannon