Today On Wednesday

It is Wednesday. I like Wednesdays. The middle of the week. The sun is shining today. The clouds have blown away to the mountains. Life continues to race past me and try as I might my to do list grows and grows. As does the clutter of vases that will be filled with flowers soon. Boxes of lights that will soon light up the night.

When I was a new homeschooling mom and I had to name my school, I named it Lighthouse Academy.
I took the name for my school from this verse.

"No one lights a lamp and then puts it under a basket. Instead, a lamp is placed on a stand, where it gives light to everyone in the house."(Matthew 5:15) I wanted my life to be that verse. I wanted to be a light to the world and the work of my hands would glorify God in all that I said and did.

I read a quote once from Michael Card, " Let the excellence of your work be your protest."
I put that in my school room, to remind me that striving for excellence without saying a word was the best way to live.

My husband's verse was :
"...and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own business and work with your hands, "(1Thessalonians 4:11)

We have tried to do that. In these next few days every thing that we are will be tested. We have lived a quiet life. We have kept to ourselves. I am having a hard time trying to keep the panic in check. Having all of the people here, all of them to be fed and watered and then to have a good time too. I expect to be stretched beyond anything I have done before. I expect to cry my eyes out. People still overwhelm me by their goodness and kindness. People who just want to help just because. The tiny little things that surprise me with joy.

It is during these times, I realize, to open our home, open our lives and share is more important than my comfort. Serving others and giving back a tiny bit of all I have been given, is much more rewarding than carefully ordering my life. Living on the edge is more fun that being safe. I know no matter what these next few days bring, when it is all over, I will be more blessed than a single thing I think I might have given away.

 I will not be loosing but gaining a son. We will be meeting and making new friends and family.
Life will take on yet another facet. I am thankful that God has chosen to bless us the way that he has and I am thankful that I am not alone and I am praying fervently that He keeps a lock and key on my tongue and maybe he will throw that key away.

So, today, my goal is to find a quiet place, to reflect and of course to pray for the strength to do it all and to be more loving and gentle and with a spirit of calmness and grace.
So one more day, closer, ever closer.

I wish you peace today in all that you do.

~Kim~