With a full day of wrestling and track meets, my Saturday was pretty much all but over when we got home this evening and with a talk to write for my son, a RS Lesson to prepare, a huge assignment due (that I hadn’t even started…..) my night was looking endless again (considering we didn’t sleep the night before because poor little Celeste is teething and miserable and wants to make sure everyone knows it!!)
Our nightly routine of scripture study was almost nixed due to me feeling there was not enough time to include that in my already seemingly full night. Due to my wonderful children this was not an option. I sat down found a talk for Quinn off the internet while the kids were finding their places in their scriptures and getting settled in, I printed it off just as they started calling me to tell me they were ready. We sat down and had a great little scripture study together, after we were done Quinn read and practiced his talk close to flawlessly, after prayers and several hugs and kisses the kids went to bed with no fight, I was able to finish my assignment in less than an hour (big deal for me), and as a surprise my teacher found I had made a huge error (like doing a previous assignment completely wrong) and allowed me to revise and resubmit for full credit, I have just finishing touches to add to my RS Lesson in the morning and I am getting to bed before midnight and the baby is still sleeping soundly……. Lesson learned It is SO important to take time to do the seemingly little things to make the seemingly big things go more smoothly :)
Thanks for the reminder. It's those so 'important' things that seem to get pushed to the side when life gets overwhelming. the reminder that that is when we need to make time for them the most is so timely. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing Lindsay. :) I forget sometimes that the Lord wants to bless us and help us. All we have to do is those little things He asks and then he pours out blessings upon us. Hope all goes well with school and that your lesson turned out well yesterday. Love you!
ReplyDeleteSorry I haven't checked blogs lately Lindz. This one was well worth reading. It's like that object lesson about the mayonnaise jar -- it's amazing how much we can fit into a day (or a jar) if we have our priorites right. Those are the lessons your children will remember. You are an awesome mamma!! Love, Mom
ReplyDeleteYou're so right. I always think of that lesson where they put the beans in the jar representing the non-essential things and then try to fit the big oranges into the jar representing the essential things. The oranges only fit is you put them in first. I love this post;)
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