{"id":1648,"date":"2009-11-20T17:52:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-20T22:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/?p=1648"},"modified":"2009-11-20T17:52:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-20T22:52:00","slug":"ug-one-of-those-days-but","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/?p=1648","title":{"rendered":"Ug&#8230; one of those days.  BUT!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday was one of Those Days.  Everything seemed against me, and by the end of the day, I was just so thankful that it was behind me and that the morning would bring gracious &#8220;new mercies&#8221;.  But as I collapsed into bed, my mind was quick to find a long list of things to be thankful for.  So in the hope that the next time one of Those Days finds me, I&#8217;ll remember the many things to be thankful for, here&#8217;s last night&#8217;s thankful list:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>God&#8217;s provision, evident throughout my list, too ways to count!<\/li>\n<li>Good friends bringing encouragement<\/li>\n<li>The Word&#8230; In spite of the fact that I was busy and didn&#8217;t make time myself for the Word, God took me to it Himself.\u00a0 I was supposed to volunteer in Analise&#8217;s class in the morning, but instead I found myself sitting outside Analise&#8217;s classroom waiting for her class to come back from a last-minute event.\u00a0 I had nothing with me, except my iPhone, which happens to have the Bible on it.\u00a0 And so I read.\u00a0 And read. And read.\u00a0 Her class didn&#8217;t come back (they went straight to the playground), and before I knew it, I&#8217;d read 6 chapters of John, and my heart was blessed.<\/li>\n<li>Smile of Analise when she saw me at school.<\/li>\n<li>Lunch with good friends, praying together, hearing Beth Moore bring her awesome wisdom on the Word.<\/li>\n<li>Chocolate cake<\/li>\n<li>Pumpkin pie (not that I ate both of those.\u00a0 though I might have. or I might not have&#8230;)<\/li>\n<li>A snuggly little boy who happily curls up close to me after his nap (or whenever really!), so I can snuggle him close.<\/li>\n<li>Yummy hot croissant ham &amp; swiss sandwiches<\/li>\n<li>Kids who didn&#8217;t battle with a 7:15 bedtime, and who were asleep before 7:30.\u00a0 Whew!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly<\/strong> &#8230; with <strong><strong>gratitude<\/strong> in your hearts to God<\/strong>. &#8211; Colossians 3:16<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday was one of Those Days. Everything seemed against me, and by the end of the day, I was just so thankful that it was behind me and that the morning would bring gracious &#8220;new mercies&#8221;. 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