A Day Scheduled Without a Second to Loose is Already Lost

I received an unexpected phone call from a friend of a friend.  This sweet young thing was a new mommy that had only been back to work for 5 days before she found herself needing a back up babysitter.  I hesitated for a verrrrry long time.  I wondered if I could home school my kids with a baby by my side.  I eeked out a little bit when I thought of all the laundry I was going to try and catch up on.  I hemmed and hawed as I knew I had to make some calls, create a weekly menu, and set up a new chore chart for the kiddos.  Then I laughed.  Goodness gracious.  This poor woman needed to work and had to find someone she trusted to watch her most precious joy and here I was stressing my laundry!
(Please note: I freaked out before  I prayed about it.) After taking it to the Lord it was an easy choice to say yes.  This is where it gets good.  Really good.  I began to do what I do best.  I planned.  I planned like a genius.  I was going to wake up at 5:00, spend 30 minutes with Jesus, spend, 15 minutes making myself presentable, then spend the next 45 cleaning up dog fur and toys.  aka "baby proofing"  When that Mama showed up at 6:30 I was going to have two smiling children, a calm house, breakfast almost ready, and she was going to fall in love with me and give me laud and honor as a Mommy to be looked up to.  Ahhhhhh....it was a lovely dream.  At 5:00 my hubby wanted to cuddle.  At 5:13 my daughter woke up with a tummy ache.  And the rest is history.  At this point their is noting left to do but Praise Jesus!
My messed up schedule was both a literal and figurative wake up call.
A DAY SCHEDULED WITHOUT A SECOND TO LOOSE IS ALREADY LOST
No fun, no love, no relationship building was planned into my day.  Do you know why?  Because most of the time that stuff only comes in the unplanned parts of life.  If you are like me in anyway you know.  You get to the end of the day to find that everything got "done" but nothing got "accomplished."  My dear friends, control is only an illusion.  And we waste our lives trying to gain it.  My prayer for myself and you is that we may never miss the "wake up calls" and that we would learn the art of letting go of perfection before life itself has slipped us by.
Have a fabulous day today,
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If you cling to your life, you will lose it; but if you give up your life for me, you will find it. Matthew 10:39