Today Was Quite A Day!

You ever just have one of those days??? I vote it should never be on a Sunday!

It started out typical, but when Sunday School was supposed to start with my leading Assembly, it all started going downhill. Not in a bad way... just in a totally unexpected way with some things that needed to be dealt with right away. I won't go into detail, but my, oh my, are we in a fallen world with broken-hearted people.

I can go into detail about my own family though ;)
Hannah was a HANDFUL at church this morning. I was mortified! (I was on my own because Paul I were taking turns dealing with the other situation.) I don't know what got into her! Posessed? Maybe. Two years old? FOR SURE! Elijah helped, trying to take her out of church, but she beat him up and made a run for it. I'm standing at the pulpit, leading the Call to Worship, and here comes this maniac screaming 2 year old charging down the middle aisle, straight for me. All eyes were on her and then, my reinforcements charged after her and the 3 ladies swiped her off her feet and out the door. Amen!
It blindsighted me and I apologized profusely, finished up and took the next opportunity, Offering, to go check in with her. By then she was pleased as punch and when I talked with her about it she kept saying her version of "sorry" and "mommy happy?". Uuuh, NO!

We went for a late lunch at Denny's. It was nearly 2pm before we got there. Church got out late, we had people to take home, etc. Everybody was starving, even Mary, so I had to order what I call a "one-handed" dish and not my favorite Ciabatta Philly Cheesesteak Sandwich (that takes two hands). Ooooh the sacrifices us mommies make :) I know that God gives us children to remind us that we are not the center of the world. Although, I confess, that sometimes I act like I am.

David and Ann went with me to the Nursing Home for Church. I filled up Mary and left her with Paul. We were visiting today at one of our, shall I say... "rougher" nursing homes. We usually know what to expect, but like I said, today was just one of those days!! One of the older men kept running over Ann with his wheelchair and I had to keep stopping the service so I could wheel him back across the room, only for him to eventually wheel his way right back up to Ann. He would end up inches from her face because she was standing beside me and he was sitting in his wheelchair. She was tough about it though, and I told her I was proud of the way she handled it. David and I concluded that he was just trying to see and hear us better.
And then, during my sermon, a lady came in, walked across the room, pulled down her pants and started to full-on pee in the corner. Now, over the years, I've had people do all sorts of things during my sermons- sleep, talk, clip thier nails, yawn, knit, textmessage, you name it... but this was definately a first for me. Once again, I had to stop, go (well, almost RUN) out to the nurses station and let them know. Then I continued. Later, I told David how proud I was of him and how he handled himself like a gentlemen. Ann was great about it too. In the car I was explaining how people get old and so do their brains and stuff like that just happens and Ann said "Yeah, I know Mom. It's like Buster peeing in the house because he's old. We love him anyway and help him." Out of the mouths of babes! What do they need me for anyway?!

God is sooo good. I may have set out to conquer the day, but instead, He conquered me. I'm thankful to Him for giving me a day out of the ordinary, not great, not terrible, but different.