Today is a New Day

Today is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and eat chocolate! I saw that on a plate at Lifeway and fell in love with the saying. I didn't realize how instrumental that little saying would be to me. That simple, fun saying helps me to realize that each day is new and fresh. What happens today hasn't been written and it doesn't have to be a repeat of yesterday. Today is a new day.

When I woke up this morning it didn't feel any different than yesterday. I awoke to Parker saying "Mom can I play the Wii?" Then the hunt for the missing DS commenced. I was going through the motions just like yesterday. But then I remembered that today is a new day, REJOICE and eat chocolate.

I have found that during our deployment and TDY schedule it becomes very easy to get stuck in the routine of things. All of a sudden 3 days pass and you realize nothing diffferent happened. Routine can be a good thing. Especially for children with deployed parents and it is good for our youngest son who has A.D.D. But remember that there is a difference in being happy in routine and being stuck in a rut. Today is a new day.

Before Christmas vacation began I was stuck in a rut but called it routine. When you home-school it's easy to be home for days and not leave the house. The internet becomes your lifeline to the outside world. At least it is for me. From time to time our internet goes out and I feel like isolation has set in. Today is a new day.

It doesn't matter if your husband is home or gone. Or if you home-school our your children go to traditional shcool. It doesn't matter if you don't know what to cook for dinner and have had that battle for the last 3 nights. What does matter is how you embrace the day. Each day is bountiful and blessed. Even through difficult situations there are blessings. Through deployments, separations, trainings, kids acting out there are blessings. We have look for them. Today is a new day.

Today is your new day. Today is the day you have been asking God for. Rejoice in the day and have a little chocolate too!