It threatened to be an "off day" but, with encouragement from my sweet children, we turned it into a "day off"...doesn't that sound better?
A day off... how wonderful! So, today we will: clean up the house (after a super busy weekend) hang out loads of laundry, brush and ride the horse, prune trees, rototill the garden, weed the flower beds, organize books and try to get rid of a few :), eat lunch outside, plant seeds, play with our new puppy, feed the worms and dig out some castings and just relax!
Here's how our "off day" would have gone: start "school" late with a stressed out Mom, in a messy house, with too much laundry around, and no meal planned, with kids day dreaming out the windows, and puppy interruptions...can you picture it?
As soon as we called it a "day off" everyone got busy doing the things that need doing and enjoying it too. It's all in the way we look at it!
Ecclesiastes 3
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
Lord, I am ever grateful for the privilege and freedom to be lead by your Spirit...to be able to bend our schedule and intentions to fit the days and seasons as you send them. May all of our days bring you glory, honor and praise.
