Staying on Task

My husband has been home for about a week now. I must say that my life has changed in the past week and took a direction I didn't see coming. God has given me the gift of staying on task.

Stop laughing! You know who you are!!

Who would of thought that I would stay on task? Really!? I am quite surprised myself that it has happened too! But if you recall a few blogs back...I found this really cool invention called the calendar...and it has been amazing. I have actually used it and it has been.....WOW!!

Okay, let me get serious now. I have prayed for strength, grace, peace...etc. But I realized that I also had to ask God to help me stay on task.  Don't get me wrong...I flipped things here and flopped things there to meet certain appointments and responsibilities, but it all worked out because I asked  God to help me stay focused. While I am busy with my family's schedule as well as my own, I have had a very clear mind about it all. Am I tired? Yep. Am I stressed? A bit...not too bad. Is it getting easier? Absolutely!! But I had to remember to pray to God for the ability to stay on task (And of course praise Him for my job at the Coffee Shop where caffeine is FREE!)

It isn't about getting on my knees every night and morning. It is about constantly talking to God. In everything I do, ALL day! Sometimes, it is me looking up and saying, "Really? This is what I am to do?" or a song comes on and I may sing along and offer that as my prayer because it is what I am feeling or thinking at that moment. And there are the times when I do get some alone quiet time and just offer thanks and praise for getting me through the day. There are also times when the only alone time I get with God is while I am washing my hair in the shower! But if I didn't have these moments, I would not have been able to stay focused and on task with all that is going on. The beauty of prayer is that you DON'T need to schedule it. It can just happen.

God gave me the strength to get up, the grace to carry on, and the peace in my heart the first day I had to leave my husband alone when he came home from the hospital so I can go to work. I was grateful to see my co-workers who were welcoming me back.  I was blessed with a hug from some!

Staying on task is HARD!! I had to learn to let God guide me through my days. It has been a busy week trying to fit it all in and together. I am so blessed to have some many people praying for me and my family.  God's grace is amazing! It is covering me and I am snuggling it like it was a blanket! Cover me!! Cover me!