An awe-some day

I woke up this morning with a parable in my head about how God probably finds joy and delight in raising the sun every single day. Two different pastors have shared this idea with me fairly recently, and both quoted the same source, but I can't for the life of me remember what the source is, so I'll just paraphrase the best I can. Basically, what if God is like a toddler who finds such delight in doing the same thing over and over and over again? What if God puts the sun in the sky every morning and thinks to himself, "WHEE!!! YES!!! Can't wait to do that again!!!"? Wouldn't that change our outlook on the everyday mundane tasks that we take for granted in our little worlds?

Anyway, I woke up thinking about that this morning - which is weird, because I usually wake up with a random song stuck in my head, not a lesson I once heard at a bible study or church or something. Usually the wheels on the bus accompany my teeth-brushing and morning rituals. But, how cool it was this morning to wake up counting every step, every breath, every task as a joyous blessing. What fun it was to wake up happy and excited to go again - on a random Tuesday! This doesn't happen very often. I'm definitely not a morning person. But, today I felt like one. I felt like pouring my cereal into my bowl was a really cool thing.

I have no idea where this came from, but I'm not going to discourage such disgustingly happy thoughts.

My day was average, save for my new outlook. Whenever one of my kiddos would ask, "hey, do you wanna play....?" I found such joy and honor in that. When it was time to clean up the playroom, I did it while intentionally praising God for us having so many toys and things that it takes this long to clean up. When I changed a stinky diaper, I praised Him for health and for babies.

My day ended perfectly, as well. Small groups (aka Community Groups) are such a huge blessing to me. And now Tuesdays are my favorite day of the week. Tonight's small group bible study (we're looking in depth at Nehemiah) was just plain FUN. Our small group starts with fellowship and a meal (you mean I don't have to cook on Tuesdays??) and ends with sincere heartfelt prayers. And somewhere in between we have deep, serious conversations littered with hilarious one-liners and personal stories. I truly love my small group. I love the people in it, I love the laid-back, friendly style, of the group, I love the curriculum, I love the childcare that is provided (really! I don't have to cook and I get to dump my kids off - and my kids are even in the same house as me so I don't even worry!).

I decided that the best way I could end this heavenly day is to blog about it. Because tomorrow might not be like today was. And I'm okay with that. At least when I look back at this post and remember how I feel right now, I can smile and cherish my total dorky-ness here. I'll take dorky anyday.