As a teacher, it is the time of year when the kids are full of spring fever. They are ready for summer to hurry up and arrive. Like, yesterday! I am right there with these precious ones, trying to push us all through the last of the bits we need to fit in, all the while dreaming of the days I can sleep in a bit and relax a little.
April is that time as a mom when I look at all the homework and projects my 12 year old daughter has to do, and I want to run and hide. Who are these teachers giving these projects at this point in the year? I just can't even. My 4 year old son sees the beautiful weather and is ALL BOY, and just wants us all to go play at the park or outside anywhere. And we are all torn because we all want to go with what the 4 year old says, but we all know we need to teach some responsibility and help keep the 12 year old on track with all the things she has to do. It's the time of year when it seems our weekends are jam packed full of banquets, birthday parties, karate tournaments, swim lessons, weddings and baby showers and the list goes on. We've worked so hard the entire school year and we are almost there to the finish. This is the time that feels the hardest. Every. Single. Year.
So this rainy Monday morning, I found myself not wanting to get up. The weekend was busy. There was too much even after letting some things go. I woke up to the alarm screaming at me and my mind was screaming back at it, "NOOOOOOOO!" It's not often I long for a day of silence and time alone, but today I am feeling that longing. You see, when life gets so busy, I find myself slacking on taking care of me. I need time alone with God to hear His voice and to think on His words. He is where I can find rest, yet, when things get to be too busy, why do I find that I let the time with my creator, the time I need most, go by the wayside?
Today, I am acknowledging that even in the midst of the busy, I need to carve out time to enjoy what it is I love most about spring. He makes all things new. Those fresh blooms, the sun breaking through the clouds, even that grass the needs to be mowed are all sweet reminders from God that we are a new creation in Him. And I am so thankful He blesses us with a fresh start each day and a ridiculous amount of grace and mercy.
So even in the trenches of stressful schedules and all the busy, take a moment to soak up God's blessings and be thankful. Be made new today.
I'll leave you with this song that was the soundtrack playing in my mind as I wrote this post:
