At the End of the Day

Today Mom, the kids, and I made a trip to Watseka.
I met up with my good friend Dara at Promises Coffeehouse...not only did I get some great time with her, but saw all my friends that work there and had some awesome coffee and dessert!
Lil Miss Ellie got lotsa attention fromt the gals there...and towards the end she let the whole place know her newest activity: screaming, shrieking, laughing, giggling: ALL-IN-ONE ;) yup, you got it....once she gets started there's no stopping her. It's adorable, really it is, and we just love what a happy baby she is BUT....she has been blessed with a GREAT set of lungs...soooooooo everyone hears her within miles around! Good thing she takes a pacifier and we can stick it in quicklike ;) Mom and Gabe had went to Walmart while we were there, then came back and got us and we went to visit my Dad where he's been working at a retirement/assisted living center for my Uncle Ken. He is repairing what the big flood damaged. They had torn everything out and now he's installing cabinets, trimming out, etc....
After lunch with some sweet older people, we headed back towards home. We decided to stop in at the clinic I used to work for in Gilman and got to see some old friends/co workers.
After getting back to mom and dad's and putting the kids down for late naps, I headed over to Chenoa to surprise Jason with supper. Play practice for the musical Oklahoma was in full swing. It's always fun to see the before and after with the kids. Then went back to Mom and Dad's to spend some time with them and the boys. In the middle of watching a movie and eating a choc chip cookie, I discovered a chocolate stain on my sweatshirt....had no idea how or when it got there, but Mom made the comment, wonder where it went and where else it got?
Got home tonite and found it on little Miss Ellie's white shirt along with stains from pooping up her back while in her car seat...fun fun!

So, at the end of the day...me thinks these things before I drift off to sleep:

1- When the floods of life hit us, how bad is the damage? Is our foundation built on solid ground? How often do we have to be "gutted out" and "re-installed"?
24 “Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: 25 and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock. 26 “But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: 27 and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.” Matthew 7:24-26

2-At the end of our days, how spotted and stained are our garments with sin? Are they big stains, messy smears, or small specks?
Isaiah 1:18“ Come now, and let us reason together,” Says the LORD, “ Though your sins are like scarlet, They shall be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be as wool."

Love n Hugs...Laura