Some days are just like that.
Some days you don't listen to your child-feeling-ill and you clean lunch off the bathroom floor instead.
Some days you try to do something nice for someone and it turns out all catastrophic, with smoke and charcoal and flaming chicken.
Some days you stand over the blender and get a mini-smoothie-facial, and it makes your kids laugh hysterical.
And sometimes it happens all in the same glorious, blessed day.
All those days, the ones that don't go as planned and the ones that seem to crash in the middle, they all string together to make up this life. You look back and remember that you let your kids laugh at you, that you gave grace to the sick child, and someone tired and poured-out was blessed by your meal anyway.
And families stick together through those imperfect moments because moments make memories, and these are some of the best.
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Bless the LORD, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name!
Bless the LORD, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits:
Who forgives all your iniquities,
Who heals all your diseases,
Who redeems your life from destruction,
Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies,
Who satisfies your mouth with good things, So that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.
{Psa 103:1-5 NKJV}
Blessing the Lord for all this:
326. the Gospel, preach all weekend to 130+ kids
327. the 26 who are new creations!
328. creek baptisms
329. friends who make themselves at home in our house
330. coffee, half n half, and fresh morning air
331. podcasts to divert my mind from my burning lungs on my run
{Linking up with A Holy Experience, The Better Mom, Titus 2sdays, Scribing the Journey, Growing Home}