Derailed

I cannot believe I am about to say this, but I can't wait for summer to be over. First of all, it hasn't felt much like summer. We have the amazing privilege of living on a lake, but I think we've only had 3 or 4 swim-worthy days. Secondly, summer has turned out to be massively chaotic and I am longing for the structure and routine that the school year brings.

I wasn't always this way, but I have learned that there is a great amount of joy and freedom that comes when life is somewhat organized. There is so much in this world that we cannot control, so much that is beyond our ability to change. But I am in charge of getting my bathroom clean. I can decide if I'm going to read, or blog, or wash the dishes in the sink. When I am faithful and consistent with the small things in my life it makes dealing with the big, chaotic things so much easier.

And one of the things I look forward to most is getting back into blogging daily. It was therapeutic, healing, encouraging, and motivating for me. . . its been frustrating to have so many spurts of blankness. Not that nothing is going through my head during those days, but that there is so much going on yet I can't sit down and process through any of it. So, I am hoping that in the coming weeks life will simmer down a bit and I can get back into the routine of processing life on the world wide web. . .

Until then, pray that I can stay sane through each unpredictable and crazy day.

I'll be praying the same for you.