Labor Day

I woke up a rather foolish woman today. It was late...10:45...husband really did the right thing by letting me get needed rest. But I was torn, feeling irresponsible and lazy. Got my coffee, settled down to reading e-mails and put on my sneakers. Then things looked better, but the plans I had made last night to get an early start were haunting me. By 1:00, I had two loads of laundry done, a bed changed and still feeling some discontent. What's a girl to do...I head outside and mow the lawn.

I once commented that I use the random shuffling of songs on my i-pod to propel my discontent to better thinking, sweating it out. First song that came up..."Another Loser Anthem" by Good Charlotte.
Oh, that's not Christian.
Col. 3:2 "Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth"

This is my crazy mind. What I see.

Next...some thing I needed to hear...Liz Phair, "Extraordinary".
I needed to hear...to think...to say it to myself...I am extraordinary!
Of course, every time I hear the rest of the refrain I chuckle...mentally...not out loud.

I mow along...various songs come and go. I think about New Orleans, my own trials, places where I haven't let go of past resentments and hurts.

Then a song that heals perfectly a wandering mind such as mine, "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"

Get that song.
Listen to every word.
Feel, know, hear... that which is truth. Call on Him. He listens.
He answers. He moves mountains. He comforts. He is in our lows and our highs.
God observes our trials, knows our weaknesses, saves the lost.

Praise be His name.

Now to tackle more laundry, back to work tomorrow.

PS...The last song on the shuffle, putting away the wheel barrel...U2's, "A Beautiful Day"