I love rain...gray days and thunder and lightening makes me so very happy. I've always been this way. My favorite days in school were the ones that we stayed in the classroom and played board games because we couldn't go outside. Today is like that. It is all the more special you see because I have 3 of my sweet ones under one roof.
Isn't it so good that when our children need a break from it all, and need a good rest, that they can come home and climb into their own bed and know that they will be taken care of? I love to do the laundry that has been dropped at the door and make their favorite meals and watch whatever it is that makes them happy! This must be how God feels when we come to Him. He loves when we leave our needs at His door and know that we will be taken care of. After all, He says in Hebrews 4:16 that we are to come boldly to His throne...The exact wording is this: "Let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive His mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most."
Today, I feel I need it most. I am walking through a season of hard and somedays I want to crawl in His lap and close my eyes and wake up when the season is over. But He gives me what I need to walk through it, not just trudge, but find the joy in the hard and to remember to praise Him all the way. With grace from a Gracious Daddy and His mercy and love, I can do anything. And today, I need to be a mom that makes a home of peace, where His presence is known and felt, and to give grace to them when they make a mess.
I hear the leak dripping in the sitting room and I feel His love raining down freely...
