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A Saghetti Head

      It's been a Sunday.  A weird one.  Full of everything not like I planned.  I planned diligently to have a clean house in Saturday night.  Mostly √.  I planned to know exactly where the kids Sunday clothes were and ready to put on.  Mostly √.   I got the meat thawed for the Sunday meal.  I got the potatoes ready. I baked a chocolate cake.   I even made them monkey bread for Sunday morning.   Oh and I studied for my class on Friday. So I was set! 
      Sunday morning arrived and I had the meat in the oven and we did the normal Sunday things.  Went to church.  There is where things began to spiral.  But I just kind of floated above the drain all day. 
     The message today was so good.  All about practical living out of the fruits of the spirit.  My toes were stepped on.  My heart was convicted and reassured.  God's still working on me!  
     Lunch was not cooked when we got home.  Plan b was to grill steak.  Those weren't really classy.  After lunch Matt and I and Jeanie had a nice half hour to drink our coffee and visit. Z had a friend over today so they were outside playing. 
     From then on its been going down hill.  In preparing for Sunday school ( which was about satisfaction in Christ) I discovered even more that God wants us to get to a spot where we realize that He is everything.  Where He is my source for any eternal thing. Joy. Peace. Love. He wants to be our all in all.  And do you realize how hard that is?  Or how easy I make people be all that to me. It's too complex....or too simple.  Either way, it's where it's at.   How satisfied are you in Christ.  Where do you go to fill your spiritual needs? 
     And I came home tonight realizing it's not fun to be on my face before God and see my undoneness.  But on the other hand it's where I want to be.  That's the place where peace lives.  And joy.  And contentment. 
      So after contemplating that and rattling all that to Matt , it was time to get the kiddos to bed.  Jeanie would. Not. Sleep.   Finally she did.  About right when Keagan got sick.  So now it's after midnight.  It looks to be a long night.  I'm praying we all can get this week over fast.  But then.  Didn't I just say this is where I want to be?   Spaghetti Head.  
     I'm banking on God's strength to get us through the moments.  He knows my real needs better than I do right?

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