At This Week's End

Ahhhh, long week, good week, full week, high points, rough spots...think I will just use this entry to babble a little about my week.
Things I "learned" or "relearned" this week:
~that you can catch a quick catnap around noon while your kids are eating lunch and watching "WildKrats", enough to carry from 4:45 am til bedtime again.
~that I won't need to stay up from 4:45 everyday when I get up with Mark, I can go back to sleep a little and still get a lot of things done.
~that spending time alone with my Bible and prayer with the Lord can carry me so far during a full day.
~that I really do love homeschooling my kids
~that I love checking things off my list and seeing things accomplished
~that my kids don't like lentils and rice, but will eat them without complaining!!!!!

Best memories from this week:
~hearing my kids get excited about school
~hearing every kid tell me that they LOVE school
~laughing over Nathan's funny comment about the lentils, telling me he would have complained if he was allowed to.
~watching the webcast from Ann and Lysa.
~running 4 miles on the treadmill while watching Pride and Prejudice (A&E)
~swinging on the porch swing drinking coffee with my hubs

Overall this has really been an awesome week, with a few challenges. Been convicted about spending more time in prayer for weeks now and have seen the LORD giving grace in this area. Oh to walk and abide more closely with the Father!!! Getting up early with the new school year starting has been good for this, oh that it would continue! Shared some candid thoughts with a friend this week and now I am regretting that decision, mulling that over in my heart and head. Sometimes it's not sin your dealing with it's just life, that's where I am now. but then again, isn't it always sin your dealing with? Well, wish things were always easy and sweet and great, but there are rough patches, but He is even there and using them for His purposes and His glory...

Psalm 61:2
From the end of the earth I will cry to You,
When my heart is overwhelmed;
Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

I've shed tears this week, laughed, been at the height of excitement and felt like the lowest scum. I've tucked seven kids in bed (Rae and India are here)and at 10:29, I think they are all finally quiet, oh no, really, one just walked down the steps...oh well, I just sent him off, I hear hammering from below and footsteps going up. I thought I would do some laundry, but these tear-burned eyes can't stay open much longer...think I will tuck in...goodnight dear blog.

Dear Lord, Thank You for a good week, full of so many many graces and mercies. May I learn to walk closely with you in the weeks to come. May I trust You more and love you more. May I lay everything at Your feet everyday. Everything, all the time. I need You, Lord, more than yesterday, desperately need You. I need You, I need You. Dump what's in me and fill me up with what You have. Let it be. Let it be.
In Jesus Name,
Amen. So be it! So be it!!