INSPIRASUNS

Yesterday was an odd day. I’m sure you’ve had them too, days when you just feel out of sorts and you can’t put your finger on it. Admittedly, it started out on a bad note the minute I got to work and unfortunately I guess it just set the stage for me to be grumpy.

A worker had parked their trailer in our parking lot while power washing the driveway of the house next to our lot. He was starting his power washer just as I was getting out of the car and I waived to him. I motioned that he needed to move his trailer, that he couldn’t park there. We had a very large luncheon yesterday and our lot was going to be full. He yelled back that he didn’t have the means to move it and then promptly used a familiar hand signal just to make his point. Ya to say my morning didn’t start well, you get the idea. I made my way inside and addressed that issue, let’s just say he did end up moving that trailer 🙂 .

There were various things happening around campus and I just couldn’t seem to get in a groove, and as I moved from task to task, many not planned in my day, I found myself in a sad mood. I wasn’t grumpy, just felt sad.

I took a call from a friend about mid morning, she wanted my thoughts on a work project. During our call she mentioned a mutual friend who’s mom had been admitted to hospice. I’ve known this mutual friend for over 20 years and I knew her mom was in poor health. It made me sad that her health had declined so quickly. Not long after I hung up with my friend, she texted me that our friends mother had passed away earlier in the morning. I know she is in a better place, I know she is disease free, I know she walks with Jesus, however, it made me sad. My funk kind of continued.

I made my way through the morning trying to get back in sync with what I needed to accomplish. As I mentioned, we had a large luncheon, that included a “soft opening” of our thrift store. Things were buzzing around the church and I needed to get myself back to being myself.

Just before lunch I got a text from a neighbor. She is one of the community fur baby moms. I’ve talked in this little blog about the group of neighbors that all have fur babies and how I just love to snuggle them in the mornings and evenings as they are making their walks around the community. The neighbor shared that one of our sweet fur babies Milton passed away earlier in the day. Milton was the older black and white fox terrier. He was the sweetest little guy. I had just seen him the day before when he did his usual step up onto my leg as I knelt down to pet him. He would step up to give me smooches so slightly. My eyes filled with tears as I made my way to my husbands office to tell him.

The remainder of the day found me still out of sorts, again things were just off. I will say though, the soft opening of our thrift store, (just coming back from hurricane repairs), was a great success. That I believe was a highlight of the day, it was great to see the activity and buzz in this place 🙂 .

We made our way home after work, it was a quiet drive as we both just pondered the day really. We had a quiet dinner, caught an episode of Perry Mason, and I made my way outside to chat with Father. All I wanted to do at that point was just ask for prayers for those who experienced loss, and those who are in need of healing. I simply asked Him to comfort those who mourn, ease their pain and bring healing to their hearts.

I’m not quite sure why the day was so odd. I guess as humans we’ll have these times. What’s important is that we share the times with Father and ask for his strength to carry us through. I’ll continue to lift prayers for my friends, and for those who need His love and strength.

Today is a new day and I know with Jesus next to me, it’s gonna be brighter. Have a good day my friends!

Zephaniah 3:17
The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.