Till He Come

Lately my days are filled with just getting done what HAS to be done.

Inspiration and Creativity have departed for warmer climes.

I so wish I could have gone with them.

Jesus told a parable in Luke 19 about a man giving talents to his servants and telling them to 'occupy till I come'.  Occupy did not mean to sit back idly as the one servant did.  It meant to work, stay busy, do the ordinary life things, make increase, etc.  Just till he came back.

He didn't tell them how long he would be gone.  Neither did Jesus tell us how long till He returns.

But the parable applies.  Occupy 'Till He Come'.  Go about daily life.  Even if it means just getting done the things that are absolutely necessary and nothing extra.  Brighter days will come.

We heard a quote recently at church: 'If all you do in this life is praise God then you have done what you were intended to do'.  So if I can just praise God even in the midst of winter I am doing all that is required.  (along with cooking, laundry, school... just keep praising Him along with all the things that are needful)

Till He Come.  This too shall pass!  He is coming again and heaven will be our reality! That is reason enough to praise Him!

Cold~Cold~Cold

It is January.  In Ohio.  It is Cold.  So cold I feel I will never get warm.  The air I breathe is too cold.  My fingers feel like icicles.  My feet are almost numb.  The only warm spot is in the living room where the stove resides.  But most of my work is on the other end of the house.  Where. It. Is. Cold.  I'm not dealing with it very well.  It is so hard to keep the girls doing school when the school room is cold.  And they have to do at least some of it there because they use the computers. 

The picture above is a beautiful hydrangea from last summer.  I wish it were summer all year.  I'm so tired of being cold.  Thankful December wasn't like this, but now it is and I don't like it.

On a more cheerful note my laptop should be here within a week!  Then at least when I want to be blogging I can do it from my couch.  Where it is warm.

Now I need to get school lessons ready.  I've implemented a new plan to get the girls going earlier.  They get 5 points for being showered, dresses and breakfasted by 8:15.  It is 8:10 this morning and they are ready.  Except for Little Sister.  She hasn't appeared yet and I decided to let her sleep.  She's my 'baby' after all.

Off the races!  Maybe I WILL race around for awhile.  It might warm me up.

I'm Cold & Missing Summer!

I am sooooo missing summer already! I wish my kids were still doing this!

The last couple of days I've had a lot of appointments too keep and that means dragging everyone out IN THE COLD! Sorry all you cold weather lovers but getting all the coats, hats, gloves etc. out and zipping everybody in and making sure everyone leaves the coat on till everyone else is ready to go and THEN going out in below freezing temperatures with a wind blowing is not my idea of a good time. I still can't get warm this evening!! I've said before and I still believe it, that I get cold in November and don't thaw till June! I'm so wishing for swimming weather again. Sigh.