Staying Home

Today, I woke early to get ready to go to visit Ray's parents. Everyone (except Rachel, because she had classes) was planning to go because there was a three day break from soccer and we all haven't been in a while. I had us packed and ready when I found out Sarah had a fever. Because Ray's dad is taking chemo for cancer and his mom has pneumonia, I knew she couldn't go. It seems for the past few months, someone has had something, and has kept us from being able to visit as much as we normally would. Ray went and took Hannah, Mary and Lydia with him. Rachel left for school, Sarah took Tylenol and went back to bed, and me...

I sat with a cup of coffee and read my Bible. For the past few hours I have read, done some picking up around the house and snacked. When I sat back down, I realized again how nice it is to be home. I watched a cardinal snack at the bird feeder outside our window, walked to the mailbox and enjoyed the sunshine and have counted my blessings by having a quiet day.

My thought was, "How long could I stay home without going anywhere except church?" I could make it a challenge to myself. I have a long list of things I want to do at home. Then I started thinking of all the things that I have to go to do, like get candy for the girls Spring baskets, pick up a few groceries, I want to see if I can get a few sunflower seeds to start, etc.... You know the list. Those are just things I want to do today. In the next week, I just couldn't miss the ladies' Bible study, soccer game, music lessons, doctor appointments, going to Nana and Granddaddy's, visiting with my mom for the first time since Christmas and the list goes on and on.

I think I'll skip the idea of not going anywhere at all right now, but I will enjoy the time I have at this moment. Contentment with where God has me seems to be a recurrent theme in my life. Maybe God gave me this extra time to study this week's lesson for the ladies' Bible study. I know I need it, the lesson is on propitiation!