i can't remember the last time that i asked someone "how have you been?" and the answer was anything other than 'busy'. (i remember when the automatic response was still the generic and non descript "okay")
anyway, i am no exception. here is my current brand of busy:
it is wedding season y'all, and i am very...you guessed it...busy sewing wedding clutches! this years fav? chevron and oblong in every color of the rainbow:
we have just completed a week-long vacation bible school:
my husband and i just got back from a weekend away. he was in charge of the camera, and did not photograph anything except me!!! seriously? come one...
this is me un make-uped and forcing a smile because he said "smile" and i complied only because i didn't know he would go on to take like 30 pictures of me that weekend. seems he forgot what i look like without 150 lbs. of children dripping off of me.
and while the weekend was fantastic and i loved each moment away, i did come home to a messy home and lots and lots of laundry?? how? it was all done before i left. it's like the kids wore 3 outfits everyday i was gone!
and of course i will help plan the women's retreat...and the kids are taking art classes every tues...
and i am throwing my big sister's bridal shower on sat...
and my oldest son is taking his hunter's safety course this week...
and one child has a summer head cold...
and, and, and...
then i read:
"Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him..."
Psalm 37:7
and
"Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom"
Psalm 90:12
oh how i need to be still and wait. patiently of course. and how i desperately need that heart of wisdom.
i am busy with good things. my family and all that goes along with having one. my little side business gets my leftovers.
i am deliberate about having real time for my husband and each one of my children. i read to them every day. (the kids, not my hubby:) we do stuff together and don't watch tv. but am i being deliberate enough about having time to be still and wait patiently?
what do you do to be deliberate about being still and waiting patiently?
