It's a Brand New Day--Thank You, Lord!

Whew! Thank the Lord today is a brand new day, and I have this chance to try again to make things right... After the day I had yesterday, I am very thankful that I woke up this morning. :)

We've got snow... plenty of it, in my opinion! It's absolutely covered the streets and made driving anywhere out of the question. There is no school today, so I have two kids at home today instead of one... So, say a prayer for me today... Delaney likes to spend all day making Jenna scream, so I've got the Tylenol and the spanking spoon ready, just in case... But I have hope!! I hope that today will be different! I plan to lay out the expectations ahead of time, in hopes that the girls both will listen and understand...

Tomorrow, Delaney's school is supposed to go on a field trip to Tulsa. I don't see that happening at this point... And if it does, I think she won't be going because I'm pretty positive I don't want her in a bus going a hundred miles away on a snow-covered highway... Call me a worry-wort or a party-pooper or whatever, but I'd rather keep my kids safe... :)

Dear Heavenly Father... Thank you, Lord, for this brand new day... for one more chance to really make things right... Thank you, Lord, for sending your Son to die in my place, so that I would have a chance to live with you for eternity. Oh, what a glorious day it will be! Sometimes I can hardly wait! But I know that your timing is perfect! I ask you to put a hedge of protection around my husbandand kep hi out of harm's way... I ask you, Lord, to bless our family and every person reading this today in such a way that we cannot even imagine. Bind my mind to the mind of Christ, so that You alone--not myself--would be in control of m thoughts and my actions today, Lord. I ask you for your grace today, Father... in a heaping measure. Help me to parent my children with grace and understanding, as I will need to be both mother and father today with Your help.. And please keep the devil at bay. I take authority over Satan, and I command him out of my presence this day!! In Jesus's precious name I pray, Amen.